《红王妃》中的文化霸权与东方主义

On Cultural Hegemony and Orientalism inThe Red Queen

无论在艺术性上,还是在思想性上,小说《红王妃》在文学界都获得了很高的赞誉。不过,在赞誉的光环之下,其深层次隐含的文化霸权和东方主义却不容忽视。由于作者在不同场合多次声明自己奉行文化相对主义的立场,并且在小说中也不时地加以昭示,所以人们容易被蒙蔽,而作者选择朝鲜历史上的王妃洪玉英的亡灵作为叙述者,使得来自我东方化的新东方主义策略更具欺骗性,因而,读者对此类作品更应提高警惕,不可失却批判的声音。

Whether in terms of artistry or of thought,the novelThe Red Queenhas won high praise.However,under the aura of praise in its depth there impliesd cultural hegemony and orientalism which should not be neglected.The author declares her position of cultural relativism on many different occasions and the novel shows such a stand many times.Readers may be easily blinded by such endeavors.Since the author chooses the apparition of Lady Hyegyong,the late Korean princess as the narrator,a strategy of new orientalism is more deceptive;therefore,readers should be more alert to such works so that they will not lose critical voices.