历史小说《纽约》中谱系的多元文化性

Multiculturalism of Genealogy in New York

爱德华·拉瑟福德在2009年出版的历史小说《纽约》以梵.迪克和马斯特家族为线,时间跨度达400年。其错综复杂的姓氏谱系来源广泛,反映了各个时期、各个民族、各个人种等文化多元现象,特别是在小说中的一章《爱丽丝岛》里,蕴涵了《纽约》的宏大历史背景下的身份政治和多元文化特性,移民的阶级、性别和种族在纽约这座大都市里显示了个体的差异性和不平等境遇,但强调平等、无差别待遇和文化共存的多元文化主义最终有了强大的生命力。

New York, by Edward Rutherfurd, published in 2009, is a sweeping, four-century tale set in New York. The novel follows the fortunes of the Van Dyck and Master families,its larger-than-life historical characters from around the world show the complicated genealogical culture of the various races,ethnicities and times;especially, one of chapters Ellis Island exemplifies the significance of identity politics and muhicultural- ism in metropolitan New York which boasts a broad history, with the immigrants undergoing unequality and differentiality in terms of race,sex and class; However, muhiculturalism which focuses on equality, nondiscrimi- nation treatment and cultural co-existence eventually becomes prevalent in New York.