奈保尔对后殖民文化身份的解析——以《比斯瓦斯先生的房子》中的无根边缘人为视角

Naipaul's Interpretation of Postcolonial Cultural Identity——From the Perspective of the "Rootless","Marginalized" Person in "A House for Mr. Biswas"

后殖民主义作家奈保尔受多重文化的影响,身份混杂,处于"无根"的生存状态。奈保尔既对前殖民地国家的文化历史进行无情的批判,同时又对宗主国文化不能完全地认同。奈保尔的这种后殖民文化身份认同危机使他创作出许多渴求寻找家园的无根边缘人形象,《比斯瓦斯先生的房子》中的比斯瓦斯就是一个典型代表。奈保尔认为作为边缘人的殖民地人民追求身份、社会地位的努力以及对"中心"的渴望都是徒劳的。无根边缘人对家园的寻找,实际上就是奈保尔对文化归属的不断追求与思考。

Multiple cultures,hybridity of identities and a rootless existence cause V. S. Naipaul to criticize relentlessly the culture and history of the colonized and at the same time prevent him from identifying with the metropolitan culture. His cultural identity crisis drives him to create many rootless and marginalized characters in his novels,of whom Mr. Biswas in ＂A House for Mr. Biswas＂ is a typical one. The search of a ＂rootless person＂ for a house is actually the constant,consistent pursuit and consideration of cultural attribution.