《耻》:后殖民语境中的权利与暴力书写

Disgrace:Power and Violence in the Perspective of Postcolonial Context

库切是当下欧美文坛最有阐释争议的作家之一。在他的大部分小说中,后种族隔离时期的权利与暴力始终都是阐释者无法忽视的历史文化课题。文章运用后殖民文化理论,从文化批评的视角重新解读他的小说代表作《耻》,探讨后殖民语境中的权利与暴力书写,认为库切深刻探讨了作为殖民后裔的白人在后殖民时代的南非所遭遇的生存和精神困境,表现出对南非历史的反思、对新南非现状的忧虑以及对南非未来的希望。

J. M. Coetzee is the most controversial social novelist in Contemporary Euro--American literary world. In most of his novels, readers cannot ignore those historical and cultural topics such as power and violence in the period of post--segregation. Employing the postcolonial theory, this article rereads his novel Disgrace from an ethic perspective of cultural criticism, and explores the writing of power and violence. J. M. Coetzee explored the dilemma of the white in the posteolonial times and expressed his reflection on history, his worry about reality and his hope for the future of South Africa.