论《印度之行》的殖民倾向

On the Colonial Tendency of A Passage to India

英国著名小说家爱·摩·福斯特的代表作《印度之行》常被看成是一部反殖民主义的力作。然而在对其反殖意义的普遍认同下,小说中的殖民话语和意识却不容忽视。通过讨论福斯特在"欧洲中心论"盛行下他所持的立场,以及解读小说中对景物的描写、人物的刻画和对故事情节的安排,揭示该小说的殖民倾向。

A Passage to India, masterpiece of the distinguished English writer E. M. Forster, is generally regurded as an anti-colonial novel. Nevertheless, the colonial discourse and colonialism in the novel can hardly be neglected even with the wide sympathy for its anti--colonial significance. This article attempts to reveal the colonial tendency of the novel, by discussing Forster＇s stand in the background of Euro-centrism, by interpreting scenery description, character portrayal as well as plot arrangement of the novel.