张贵兴的南洋“神话”——阅读《顽皮家族》

Zhang Guixing's Legend of Nanyang——Reading The Naughty Family

在《顽皮家族》中,旅台马华小说家张贵兴以轻松戏谑的笔调书写南洋华人移民的欢乐传奇,其家族神话的寓意、魔幻写实的手法等,均构成了对权威历史论述的对抗叙事。小说通过传奇内容和叙事策略同时解构了华人移民及其南洋殖民者的刻板形象。《顽皮家族》中的南洋对于张贵兴来说便是他想象中的故国,也是他个人文化认同之根源。

In his The Naughty Family, Zhang Guixing, the Malaysian Chinese novelist in Taiwan tells the happy story of Chinese immigrants in Nanyang in a light and playful style. The work＇ s allegorical meaning of family legend and its magic realistic techniques constitute a counter narrative for the authoritative historical discourse. Through its legendary story and narrative strategy the novel deconstructs the stereotypes of both Chinese immigrants and their Nanyang colonizers. The Nanyang in this novel is Zhang＇s imaginary homecountry, and the root of his cultural identity.