渴慕与认同:《尤利西斯》里的中国文化意象阐释——兼与《中国形象》一文作者商榷

Yearning and Identification: The Chinese Cultural Images in Ulysses: A Debate with the Authors of “On Chinese Image”

《尤利西斯》里的中国文化意象,并非是"对中国形象的扭曲、误解和妖魔化",相反,它们体现了乔伊斯以及爱尔兰人民对古老神秘的东方文化的渴慕与认同,给读者展示了一个充满传奇、浪漫的东方国家形象,且对刻画主人公布卢姆的性格特征、突出文本局部主题起到了重要作用。从爱尔兰东方学视角来看,小说里有关东方语言(汉语)及文化意象揭示了古老的东方文明与爱尔兰文明在语言、文化之间的源远流长的关系,增强了布卢姆和爱尔兰人民对东方语言、文化的认同感和归属感,同时,这种隐蔽而巧妙的叙事策略是乔伊斯和其他现代爱尔兰作家反对殖民主义、帝国主义的有力武器,充分体现了乔伊斯的思想和艺术境界。

This paper firstly raises some doubts about the first part of the article ＂On Chinese Image＂,and argues that some views in that article are not well grounded,instead they seem to be quite subjective,impressionistic and of an over-interpretation,and thus it is of an urge to give a relatively objective and impartial evaluation.The paper holds that far from distorting,misunderstanding and demonizing Chinese image,those Chinese images in the novel fully reveal Joyce and Irish people＇s yearning for and identification of the ancient mysterious oriental culture,presenting before its reads a legendary and romantic image of China.Additionally,these glittering images are vital to portraying Bloom＇s characteristics and foregrounding the motifs of the novel.Viewed from Irish Orientalism,the oriental language（Chinese） and cultural images,fully demonstrate the long-standing ties between the ancient oriental civilization and Irish civilization in terms of language and culture,and strengthening Bloom and Irish people＇s senses of identification and affiliation.Meanwhile,this hidden and ingenious narrative strategy is an effective weapon for James Joyce and other modern Irish writers to fight against colonialism and imperialism,well testifying Joyce＇s mental and artistic attainments.