从《福》看后殖民文学的表述困境

The Dilemma of Postcolonial Representation in Foe

南非作家J.M库切的《福》是对笛福的《鲁滨孙漂流记》的重述或改写,小说从形式到内容都体现了后殖民文学面临的表述困境:既要借助经典的话语力量为自己增势,又试图通过颠覆经典形象、话语和结构模式来确认自己的文化身份,由此形成后殖民作家与前帝国作家之间在话语权转让过程中既互相敌对,又合作共谋,既商讨博弈,又交换和流通的复杂关系。

As a re-writing or back-writing version of The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe by Danial Defoe,J.M.Coetzee＇s Foe reflects the dilemma of postcolonial representation both in form and content.The novel attempts to empower itself by imitating the Western literary canon and,on the other hand,tries to use the totemic figure Crusoe to explore the South African context.Coetzee＇s efforts to represent＂the marginal＂differently from the way they have been represented within the dominant discourse reveal the complicated interaction between the postcolonial text and the imperial pre-text in which ＂complicity and antagonism＂,＂imitation and subversion＂are bound together.