从二元对立到第三空间杂糅——奥立维亚的双重文化身份认定之路

From Binary to Third Space's Hibridity——Olivia's Cultural Identity Pursuit

美国当代著名的华裔女作家谭恩美的第三部长篇小说《百种神秘感官》具有浓厚的后殖民主义特色,尤其是东方主义的神秘色彩。其女主人公奥立维亚是中美混血的"香蕉人",为了全力美国化,她否认自己的华人文化身份,但是美国主流社会却将她视为"他者",二元文化冲突使她陷入文化身份危机。困境中的奥立维亚放弃了对立的二元文化,接受自己的华人文化身份,用双重文化重塑自我,走出文化身份危机,进入了文化身份的第三空间杂糅,获得新生。奥立维亚的文化身份寻求之路经历了从东方主义的二元对立到第三空间的杂糅,是"他者"的典型身份寻求之路,这个文学人物的心路历程,对越来越多的流散族裔的寻根现象和文化认同经历具有案例价值,为民族文化交流和融合研究提供借鉴。

The Hundred Secret Senses is the famous contemporary Chinese American writer Amy Tan＇s third novel, which is with strong postcolonialism characteristics, especially Orientalism. The protagonist Olivia is an ABC （American Born Chinese）. In order to assimilate completely, she rejects her Chinese cultural heritage and consequently loses her identity and meets with life crisis. After failing in her whole-hearted assimilation, pragmatic Olivia rebuilds up her integration by abandoning the conflicting binary and accepting her Chineseness, therefore breaks away from life crisis and enters into the third spaee＇s hibridity, regaining her lost identity. Olivia＇s identity pursuit experience from Orientalism binary to third space＇s hibridity, which is typical of the oth- ers, enlightens the diasporas＇identity pursuit and cultural communication in today＇s global context.