试论《典仪》主人公的文化身份探求历程

On the Protagonist's Identity Quest in Ceremony

在小说《典仪》中,希尔科通过描述小说主人公塔尤在印第安药师的帮助下恢复身心健康、重构文化身份、重建与宇宙和谐关系的历程,展示了杂糅性和变革在一个身份缺失者重新把握文化身份中所起的重大作用。作品提醒人们应以一种积极的、发展的观点看待民族传统与多元文化的关系,并为现代化进程中的印第安民族探索生存的必由之路,即复兴民族文化不能因循守旧,而应在继承的基础上批判地吸收异质文化、重构文化身份。

In the novel Ceremony, through the depiction of Tayo＇ s recovery of health, reconstruction of identity and restoration of harmonious relationship with the cosmos under the help of the medicine men, Silko reveals the significance of hybridity and change in transforming a broken victim to a healthy being. The novel reminds people of the relationship between tradition and modernity, and demonstrates that the way for the Indians to construct new identity in the multi-cultural era is to protect national culture and to take in the modern elements from other cultures critically.