揭开殖民面具,唤醒身份意识——后殖民批评视角下的《在我皮肤的城堡里》

Uncover the Colonial Mask and Awaken Identity Consciousness: In the Castle of My Skin from the Perspective of Post- Colonial Criticism

乔治·拉明的代表作《在我皮肤的城堡里》是一部自传体长篇小说,它以20世纪三四十年代加勒比动荡不安的社会为背景,通过对主人公G所在的克莱顿村的学校教育和村民生活的描写,揭示了无处不在的殖民统治和文化霸权影响。小说结尾通过描写从美国回来的特拉姆普尔让G认识到了种族身份问题并最终踏上离乡之路,展现了作家力图通过自我流放,找寻自我身份,唤醒民族身份意识。从后殖民批评视角,探讨《在我皮肤的城堡里》的反殖民和身份意识觉醒主题。

In the Castle of My Skin is a representative autobiographical novel of George Lamming, and it takes Caribbean＇ s turbulent society in the 1930s and 1940s as lage life of Creighton where the protagonist G lives, Lamming setting. By depicting the school education and vii- reveals the ubiquitous colonial activities and cultur al hegemony. At the end of the novel, the description of Trumper, after his return from America, making G know the racial identity, and G leaving his own country show that the writer strives to explore self - identity and to awaken the consciousness of national identity by self - imposed exile. This paper sl-dies the themes of anti - colonization and the awakening of identity consciousness from the perspective of post -colonial criticism.