路易斯·厄德里克《爱药》中印第安人创伤历程的解读

The Interpretation of Indians' Traumatic Experiences in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine

美国印第安女作家路易斯·厄德里克在小说《爱药》中运用复调叙述的方法让印第安人发出了自己的声音,讲述了他们在现代白人社会中的创伤历程。美国政府制定的各项政策法案逐步使印第安人的土地私有化,从而实现白人抢夺土地的目的;唯英语教育使印第安人脱离了民族传统,却受到白人社会的排斥;白人的物质产品使印第安人遭受精神和身体的双重创伤,从而使他们走向悲剧的命运。生活在现代社会中的印第安人正处于红白两种文化的夹缝之中,痛苦地寻觅心灵的家园。

Based on polyphonic narration, Indians speak out from their heart and express their Lore Medicine. The policies and laws formulated by the native American woman writer Louise Erdrich lets the traumatic experiences in the modern white society in her novel the American government gradually privatize the Indian lands, which are snatched by the white colonists. Meanwhile, the Indians are taken away from their national tradition and socially excluded by the white men. The white material products destroy the Indians mentally and physically, which lead to their tragic fate. The Indians who live in the modern society are twisted in the crevice between the white and Indian cultures and painfully search for the spiritual garden.