视角的重构:论盖茨的喻指理论

Reconstruction of Visual Angle in Literary Criticism: on Gates' Theory of Signification

盖茨的喻指理论结合了当代西方文艺理论中的语言学分析和文化分析方法 ,在梳理美国非裔文学传统的过程中通过对黑人土语特征及其表象的分析 ,进一步深入到非裔美国人文化心理定势 ,提供了探索美国非裔文学之独特性的途径。本文通过对喻指理论的分析证明了盖茨给美国非裔文学批评带来了系统性的分析框架 ,使其摆脱了欧洲白人中心论的影响。他的喻指理论有开创性的艺术价值。

Combined with modern linguistic and cultural analytical methods, Gates' theory of signification penetrates into Afro Americans' profound cultural and psychological world, and presents an original exploration of Afro American literature. This paper proves that Gates' theory brings the first systematic analytical mode to Afro American literary criticism, thus liberating it from Euro centric influence.