吉卜林《丛林故事》里的身份认同危机

Identity Crisis in "The Jungle Book" by Joseph Rudyard Kipling

鲁德亚德·吉卜林以自身独特的人生履历、在其文章中显著的说教风格及其跟殖民主义之间所保持的万般联系,使他逐渐成为英国文学领域里一位争议性的作家。其作品《丛林故事》作为他短篇集中有着最大影响力和流传范围的最广的动物题材小说,综合性地体现了他的创作主体与理念。从表面而言,该小说是一部既有趣又新奇的动物故事集,然而从表象之后的深层次来看,却包含作者对于两种文化影响下自身身份认同的困惑。

Rudyard Kipling came to be a controversial writer in the field of English literature for his unique life experience, remarkable preaching style and the contact with colonialism embodied in his article. As the most influential and widespread short stories, ＂The Jungle Book＂ reflects comprehensively his creative subject and ideas. The novel is literally an interesting and novel animal fiction, but implies identity confusion under both of their own cultural influences.