试论北美华文文学城市意象与文化嬗变

On the urban image and cultural evolution of Chinese literature in North America

华文作家在异质文化交错的时空中独特的人生际遇,使他们对相异文化的碰撞与冲突更为敏感,并由此引起他们对自己文化身份的思考。在交流中融合、超越是异质文化共存的最好方式,也是人类精神家园的终极走向,是我们共同追求的理想。北美华文文学的城市意象,是意义丰富的载体,从中可阐释出丰富的文化内涵。通过剖析北美华文文学的城市意象可看出,北美华人的文化意识经历了封闭、疏离到抗争、融合、超越的过程。

the life experience of Chinese writers in the unique space - time heterogeneous culture in which they stag- gered, collision and conflict of different cultures is more sensitive, and caused the thinking of their own cultural identity. In the exchange of fusion, beyond is the best way of coexistence of heterogeneous culture, but also the ultimate direction of the human spirit home, is our common pursuit of the ideal. The city image of Hua Wenhua literature in North Ameri- ca, is a carrier of meaning, which can explain the rich cultural connotation. By analyzing the city image of Chinese liter- ature in North America, we can see that the cultural consciousness of the Chinese people in North America has experi- enced the process of closing, alienation and struggle, integration and transcendence.