多元文化语境下驳“凯瑟为种族主义者之论”

Refutation of the View of "Willa Cather is a Racist" in Multicultural Context

薇拉.凯瑟到底是不是一个种族主义者——这在当今多元文化语境下的文学、文化研究中,我们必须正面积极地对待这个论题。它之所以成为一个比较复杂、令人困惑的论题,究其原因是因为"种族"这个概念本身就是比较难于界定,文化、政治、经济、人类学等方面的学者都有各自不同的定义标准。而在现有的评论中,我们所看到的包括托尼.莫里森在内的作家和评论家们几乎都一边倒地认为凯瑟的作品中透露和传达出来的是一种种族主义思想。但是,所有的现有证据来源在笔者看来都是可以被推翻的。在本文论述过程中,笔者将会从两大方面入手即从凯瑟生平和作品细节的探讨来回应现有的研究成果,以证明凯瑟不是一个种族主义者。

Whether Willa Cather is a racist or not - it is a relatively complicated and confusing thesis statement that we have to discuss under the multicultural background in literary and culture studies. The reason why it is difficult to make a conclusion is that the concept ＂race＂ is also difficult to define, scholars from different fields having their own definitions of ＂race＂. Most of the scholars of Cather studies, including Toni Morrison, have mentioned that Cather＇ s works are full of racist stereotypes. Nevertheless, we are going to prove that Willa Cather is not a racist from her biographical materials and literary works.