《朱利的族人》中的流放与家园

The Exile and the Homeland in July's People

纳丁·戈迪默作为帝国流散者,在《朱利的族人》中刻画了白人斯梅尔斯一家因南非内战而被迫逃亡的经历。这部作品多被人们从白人中心主义的消解角度进行阐释,关注人物身份和权力的置换。而从"流放"角度解读作品中人物经历的地域位移和文化错置,一方面旨在揭示南非种族融合的巨大困难,自由主义的虚伪;另一方面对小说中"家园"的失落和重建的探讨也体现了作者对建立以多元文化为特征的新南非家园的信心。

As an imperial diaspora, Nadine Gordimer has depicted in July’s People a white family---the Smales, who have been forced to go exile because of the civil war. This novel was mostly interpreted from perspectives of the dissolution of white center and the exchange of identity and power. To explore the geographical displacement and cultural dislocation experienced by the characters from the perspective of “exile” helps to discover the great difficulty in ethnic fusion of South Africa and the hypocrisy of the declaration of liberal-ism. In addition, the discussion about losing and rebuilding the “homeland” reveals the author’s confidence in building a new multicul-tural South African homeland.