想象与真相——黄哲伦“美华三部曲”中的东方形象

Imagination and Truth:Chinese Imagination in David Henry Hwang's Trilogy of Chinese American

美国华裔剧作家黄哲伦在他的"美华三部曲"中展现了不同类型的东方形象。他笔下的东方形象有着各不相同的自我认知和生活状态。作为在美国的东方人,剧中人物身上展现了东西方对彼此的误读(文化冲突或文化摩擦)。黄哲伦在揭示其背后支配这种认知的权力架构的同时,也通过剧作中人物命运的设置表明了自己对这一问题的态度。

In his trilogy of Chinese American, David Henry Hwang depicted a group of oriental characters with different self-images and in different living conditions. As Orientals living in the western world, these characters exposited the misreading （or cultural conflict/cultural friction） between the East and the West. David Henry Hwang not only revealed the power structure dominating such cognition, but also expressed his own attitude to the issue through the destinies of his characters.