(后)殖民/解殖民的原乡(朝圣):《大河尽头》论

Post-colonial /De-colonial Homeland: A New Approach to Understanding River's End by LI Yong-ping

《大河尽头》作为李永平迄今为止最气势磅礴、结构井然、首尾呼应的长篇力作,呈现出李长于结构、精于布局、善于把握大叙事的独特优势。如果结合"殖民主义"词根展开思考,他既再现出大历史视野下的殖民主义乱象,又立足于个体,呈现出个体成长/自我教育,自我清洗之后的重生,这其中自然也包含了解殖民或去殖民。当然,在这部长篇中,一贯书写"旅行本土"的李永平更加重了台湾元素的砝码,而显示出其可能落地生根的倾向。

River＇ s End, as one of LI Yong-ping＇ s best novels, proves that LI is good at plotting, constructing stories with grand narratives and pursuit of literal pure Chineseness. If we read it under the theoretical structure of ＂colonialism＂, we can find that he not only represents colonial chaotic phenomena of great history, but also presents the rebirth of personal growing up and self-education. Certainly this includes both de-colonialism and post-colonialism. Furthermore, in this novel,LI shows his tendency of putting down roots in Taiwan although we know that Li is good at writing ＂travelling native- ness ＂.