游弋在东西方历史的迷宫中——论拉什迪《佛罗伦萨的女巫》“第三空间”的建构

Cruising in the Historical Labyrinth: The Construction of“The Third Space” in Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence

拉什迪在其新作《佛罗伦萨的女巫》中,以历史事件为依托,通过后现代叙事手段,展现给读者一个充满想象的混杂世界,为当下后殖民语境中多元文化冲突的解决,异质文化的交流提供了途径,为后殖民残局的清理理清了道路。本文尝试以霍米·巴巴的"第三空间"概念为依据,探讨该小说对当下后殖民混杂语境的思考,分析该小说创作形式对内容的深化作用,并挖掘小说的时代意义。

In The Enchantress of Florence, Rushdie establishes an imaginary hybridized world by post modernistic narrative skills, which is based on the real historical events. In postconlonial discourse, such hybridity provides means for the communication and the solution for conflicts of different cultures. Meanwhile, it paves the way to clear up the mess of postcolonialism. Applying Homik Bhabha＇ s ＂Liminal Space Theory＂, this paper is intended to study the hybridity in the postconlonial discourse reflected in the novel and explore the novel＇ s contemporary signif-icance through analysing the strengthening effect of the writing style and the content of the novel.