全球化视野下看中国文化在华裔美国文学中的消解

Reading the Dissolution of Chinese Culture in Contemporary Chinese American Literature from the Perspective of Globalization

关于中国文化在华裔美国文学中的延续和变异,在国内已有多位学者著述论证。但这些著述多止于汤亭亭与赵健秀关于中国文化"真实性"的论争,对20世纪80年代后在全球化、后理论、新移民等冲击下的华裔美国文学缺乏关注,对这一阶段相关文本中反映出的中国文化的消解现象缺乏论述。本文旨在从全球化的视野出发,论述当代华美文学中纯粹的中国文化如何被消解、被华裔美国文化取代,或被杂糅,与其他文化浑然一体。通过对这一华美文学的新趋势及其社会、文化成因的研究,笔者希望引起学界对这一全球化促成的文学、文化现象的关注。

A considerable amount of research has been conducted in the Chinese academia to discuss the extension or transformation of Chinese culture in Chinese American literary works; however, the academic discourse is largely confined to the debate on the ＂authenticity＂ of Chinese culture initiated by Maxine Hong Kingston and Frank Chin, and fails to register the dissolution of Chinese culture in contemporary Chinese American literature that has been rigorously shaped by globalization, new immigrants and post-theoretical discourse since 1980s. This essay aims to examine the deconstruction of the authentic Chinese culture, its replacement by Chinese American culture, or its integration with other cultures as represented in contemporary Chinese American literature. In conducting this study on the new trend in Chinese American literature and its underlying social and cultural complexities, the author hopes to call for critical attention to this literary and cultural phenomenon in the context of globalization.