《奥鲁诺克》:第一部英国旅行小说的文化意义

The Cultural Meaning of Oronooko, the First English Travel Novel

17世纪英国女作家阿芙拉·贝恩的《奥鲁诺克》是英国文学史上第一部旅行小说,作家以欧洲的罗曼司和民族志为叙事模式,创造出英国乃至欧洲文学史上第一个高贵的野蛮人的文学形象。小说涉及的一系列前瞻性问题,诸如西方现代性的展开、帝国地理空间的扩张、不同民族和文化间的交往,以及文明/野蛮、主人/奴隶、自我/他者、"新异"美学的建构等,在我们这个跨文化交往时代里,有着持续研究的价值和意义。

In Oronooko, the first travel novel in English literature history, Aphra Behn creates a literary character of the first noble savage in English and European literature history, based on the narrative mode of European romance and ethnography. Involving such prospective issues as the western modernity folding, the imperial geographical space expanding, the communication between different cultures and nations, as well as the views on civilization/savage, master/slave, self/other, and exotic aesthetics building, the novel is well worth sustained study in the current era of cross-cultural communication.