抵抗与包容——后殖民语境下“尼日尼亚四部曲”的文明冲突研究

Rebellion and Tolerance: the Clash of Civilization in "Nigerian Tetralogy" in a Postcolonial Context

尼日尼亚后殖民批评先驱钦努阿·阿契贝的"尼日尼亚四部曲",鲜明地呈现了以尼日尼亚为代表的非洲传统文明和以欧洲中心主义为核心的西方现代文明之间的冲突,以及由文明冲突所带来的民族危机与社会困境。在后殖民语境视角下,探究钦努阿.阿契贝对文明冲突和走出困境的思考。可以看到,他在苦苦寻找摆脱黑暗的出口之后,指出对以尼日尼亚为代表的非洲前殖民地国家来说,只有坚守本民族优良文化传统和吸收西方文明精华,才能获得民族身份认同和重塑民族形象,真正步出困境之门。

The Nigerian tetralogy written by the Nigerian pioneer of postcolonial criticism Chinua Achebe presents vividly the conflict of the traditional African Igbo Culture and the western Eurocentric modern culture. It also involves the racial crisis and social dilemma caused by the cultural conflict. This paper aims to explore Achebe＇s thinking on the cultural conflict and the way to get out of the dilemma in a postcolo- nial context. After seeking industriously for the exit out of darkness, Achebe pointed that Nigeria and oth- er African colonized countries should hold on to their own good traditions and absorb the quintessence of the Western culture; otherwise they can never reshape the image of their nation, nor can they acquire their own racial identity and get finally out of trouble.