扭曲的国家认同——《鱼尾狮旁的尤利西斯》中的斯德哥尔摩情结

Distorted State Identity——Stockholm Syndrome in Ulysses by the Merlion

作为一个多元种族国家,新加坡必然要在国民中培养国家认同感。新加坡英文诗人唐爱文(Edwin Thumboo)所写的诗歌《鱼尾狮旁的尤利西斯》有"新加坡史诗"之称,通过斯德哥尔摩综合征这个视角分析诗歌中描述的新加坡的历史、种族融合和图腾以及书写诗歌所用的语言,可以看到其试图呼吁构建起的国家认同实际上是在殖民下滋长的一种扭曲的心态。

As a multi-ethnic country, it is necessary for Singapore people to cultivate state identity. Ulysses by the Merlion written by Singapore poet Edwin Thumboo is known as ＂Singapore epic＂. By analyzing the history, race integration and totem depicted in the poem and the language of this poem from the per- spective of Stockholm syndrome, it is obvious that the state identity which it tried to appeal is actually a kind of distorted psvchology growing under colonization.