摘要
韦尔奇的《印第安律师》充分体现了黑脚族印第安主人公西尔维斯特的主观能动性。他经过自身努力,离开保留地,跻身主流城市生活,成为一名有声望的律师,并怀有政治抱负。在遇到窘境时,他拒绝了种种诱惑,主动出击,控制局势。他断然退出政治角逐,回归保留地传统文化,明晰了自己的民族身份和文化策略,使自己从被动变为主动,为新的征程做好了充分的准备。
James Welch＇ s novel The Indian Lawyer fully represents the Native American protagonist Sylvester Yellow Calf＇s ethnic agency. Yellow Calf spares no effort in leaving the Blackfeet Reservation and becomes a successful lawyer with political ambitions, but a parolee＇s blackmail scheme leads him to a professional and identity crisis. His decision to withdraw from his political campaign and to work for the Reservation reflects an affirmation of his Blackfeet culture and a resolution of the ethnicity-basedchallenges the younger generation of Native Americans might encounter.
出处
《当代外国文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2014年第4期60-66,共7页
Contemporary Foreign Literature
基金
教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目"当代北美印第安英语文学融合主题研究"(13YJA752011)
黑龙江省哲学社科专项项目"美国边缘族裔文学中人物成长问题及对策研究"(11D081)
哈尔滨工业大学社会科学项目"美国边缘族裔文学中人物成长问题及对策研究"阶段性成果
中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(HIT.HSS.201235)资助
