从文化沉默到文化融合——美国华裔作家小说主题探

From Gultural Silence to Cultural Integration

论文集中考察了刘裔昌《父亲和光荣后代》和在七十年代出版并引起轰动的汤亭亭的《女勇士》作品中的华裔文学主题的不同表现 :刘裔昌渲染了美国文化的优越以及华裔极力想得到主流社会承认的基调 ,而汤亭亭则更多强调已经成为美国社会一员的华裔美国人的身份和特征。这一主题的演变揭示出美国华裔文学主题深受当时的政治意识形态和文化氛围的影响 ,它依然受制于白人主流文化 。

The present paper is a study of the transformation of the themes in Chinese American writing,as illustrated in works from Pardee Lowe's Father And Glorious Descendants ,'the first literary work written by a Chinese in English',to Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior published in 1970s.In the former book,Lowe describes the superiority of American culture and the effort of Chinese Americans to enter the mainstream society;while in the latter,Kingston focuses on the identity and characteristics of Chinese Americans who are already part of American society.It is concluded that the themes developed in the writings of the Chinese American writers were much shaped and influenced by the ideology and the dominant white culture.