论杰克·伦敦《中国佬》中华人形象的嬗变——以阐释学、接受美学批评为观照

The Evolution of Chinese Image in Jack London's The Chinago——Based on Hermeneutics and Reception-Aesthetics

在中国,杰克·伦敦的作品经历了一个被筛选、颂扬、疏离、变形乃至扭曲的曲折变化的过程。人们对其作品中的有关华人华工的描述更是争议不断,认为它们是对华人华工的丑化与歧视。然而在阐释学和接受美学批评理论的观照下,杰克·伦敦《中国佬》中的华人形象发生了嬗变,呈现出与以往完全不一样的意义与内涵。《中国佬》在叙述视角、小说基调、形象刻画和所持态度等方面所发生的变化揭示了杰克·伦敦是一个不断探索、勇于追求真理的现实主义作家,而不是人们通常所理解的狂热的种族主义者。

Jack London is regarded as a controversial writer, especially in his works about Chinese. This paper is to base on Hermeneutics and Reception-Aesthetics to analyze the evolution of Chinese image in The Chinago and draw on a different but more objective view on Jack London and his works so as to get closer to the true Jack London.