异族婚恋:文化交流和身份认同的方式——裘帕·拉希莉小说《同名人》解读

The Way of Communication Between Different Cultures

流散文学很重要的表现内容是对自我身份的探索和文化身份认同。印裔美籍流散作家裘帕·拉希莉的小说《同名人》描写了两代印度移民自我身份探索中的困境、文化融合等问题。在"第三空间"的视角下,文章分析该小说中第二代印度移民面对家庭内家国文化与家庭外异质文化之间冲突与抉择时,通过与异族青年婚恋这种方式,在多种文化间进行自身身份的探索,从而获得身份认同和文化归属感。

The quest for self identity and cultural identity are most important things which are represented in Diaspo -ra Literature .The Namesake written by the Indian -American diasporic writer Jhumpa Lahiri describes the problems of the second of generation Indian immigrants to quest for self identity and cultural collision .With the “Third Space” theory,the article analyses the second generation of Indian immigrants seek their self identities and gain cul -tural identities with the help of intermarriage when they face the conflicts and choices between the different cultures （ in the families,Home Culture and out of the families ,Host Culture ） .