身份的诉求:评加拿大华裔英语小说《玉牡丹》

Seeking Identity-on The Jade Peony

文章从后殖民主义批评的视角,阐释小说《玉牡丹》所表现的加拿大华裔身份认同的问题,指出作者通过重写华裔历史、再现华裔生存状况以及书写中国传统文化,质疑种族主义和文化霸权,消解中西文化二元对立,完成加拿大华裔身份诉求,表达对价值和人性的思考和关怀。

In a postcolonial perspective, this article approaches the issue of identity in The Jade Peony. It points out that by rewriting of the Chinese immigrants in Canada and depicting the life of the Chinese Canadians and the traditional Chinese culture, the novelist questions racism and cultural hegemony, deconstructs the binary oppositions between the east and west, and accomplishes identity claim. In the novel the author also conveys his concern about human nature in the pursuit of identity.