“尼日利亚四部曲”的历史书写研究

A Study of History Writing in "Tetralogy of Nigeria"

钦努阿·阿契贝的代表作"尼日利亚四部曲"是一部书写古老非洲的历史画卷。小说书写了非洲传统文明、欧洲的文化殖民、西方文明的现代性以及非洲民族文化复兴的道路。作家的历史书写策略体现出一种对西方文化的颠覆与含纳的张力,小说的精神价值和社会意义得以彰显。

Chinua Achebe＇s representative work ＂Tetralogy of Nigeria＂ is a historic drawing depicting the ancient Africa. The four novels give an account of the African traditional civilization, the European cultural colonization, the modernity of the western civilization and the way to revitalize the African national culture.The writer＇s strategies of history writing demonstrate the western culture in a force of tension between subversion and contain- ment and therefore the spiritual value and social significance of the novel are manifested.