《走出非洲》是殖民文学的盖棺石——驳万雪梅《〈走出非洲〉的后殖民女性主义解读》

Postcolonial or Colonial Perspective?: Critiquing Wan Xuemei’s "On Out of Africa: A Post-colonial and Feminist Reading"

丹麦英语作家迪内森依据其旅居肯尼亚期间的生活写出的《走出非洲》是遭到肯尼亚头号作家恩古吉严厉批判的作品。这桩世界文坛有名的公案反映了后殖民文学与殖民文学的对立。站在解放了的非洲人的立场上,本文重现恩古吉的批判,分析这场对立的性质,从而指出,万雪梅误用了后殖民文学批评和女性主义理论。

Danish English writer Dinesen’s account of her life in pre-independent Kenya in Out of Africa has given rise to many controversies. It has been famously denounced, for instance, by leading Kenyan writer Ngugi for misrepresenting Africa during colonial times. This paper reviews Ngugi’s critique of Dinesen and, adopting the perspective of the liberated African people, questions Wan Xue-mei’s 'post-colonial' and 'feminist' reading of the book.