边缘生存与中心消解——从《模仿者》看奈保尔的后殖民意识

Marginalized Existence and Center Deconstruction——Naipaul's Post-colonial Consciousness Reflected from The Mimic Men

作为印度人民的后裔和特立尼达的子民,诺贝尔文学奖得主维·苏·奈保尔虽然长期生活在帝国的政治经济文化中心伦敦,但却心系边缘。他的半自传体小说《模仿者》就是其人在中心而心系边缘的结晶。在这部小说中,奈保尔成功塑造了以辛格为代表的边缘人模型,同时又巧妙地把边缘人悲惨的生存现实、心灵深处的言说、帝国中心的消解意识和所面临的困境展现了出来。这一巧妙展现不仅体现了奈保尔强烈的二元对立的消解意识,而且体现了他浓郁的后殖民意识。

As a decedent of Indian people and son of Trinidad,the Nobel Prize winner for literature V.S.Naipaul while living in the political,economic and cultural center of the empire-London,always focuses on the margin.His semi-autobiographical novel The Mimic Menis the product of his experience of being in the center but heart is in the margin.In this novel,while successfully portraying a marginalized model represented by Ralph Singh,Naipaul skillfully displays the miserable existence,utterances from the deep heart,center deconstruction of the empire and the predicaments of the marginalized people.This skillful display reflects not only Naipaul＇s strong consciousness of dismantling the binary opposition between margin and center,but also his rich post-colonial consciousness.