《V.》:托马斯·品钦的反殖民话语

Thomas Pynchon's Anti-Colonial Discourse in V.

对殖民主义一般性问题的持续关注、对特定被殖民群体的再现和对殖民主义历史遗产的审视与批判,使托马斯.品钦的创作具有一种全球视野和历史维度,也印证了其小说中历史话语的当代品性。《V.》追寻欧洲殖民主义演进的轨迹,致力于描绘一幅横贯历史时空的全景图,揭示了20世纪历史的内在逻辑。本文指出,品钦的反殖民话语意在揭示殖民掠夺、种族暴力、政治压迫和文化同化之间的内在联系。通过重新想象历史,品钦对渗透着殖民主义认知暴力的历史叙事做了全面改造,使《V.》成为作者系统地清算殖民主义历史遗产的重要作品之一。

Thomas Pynchon＇s work is marked with a sustained attention to and sharp critique of colonialism,colonization and their impact on the modern world. The task foregrounds a global and historical vision in his depiction of European and American colonial past and its connection to the imperial present. The paper discusses the ways in which Pynchon＇s first novel V. traces the progress of European colonialism in its ＂scramble for Africa＂ through a panoramic view of turn-of-the-century events,and seeks linkage between the century＇s evils and Europe＇s colonial past. The paper concludes by suggesting that V. constitutes one of a series of Pynchon＇s novelistic attempts to dismantle the inherent logic and historical legacies of colonialism.