小说《扶桑》中红色意象的跨文化解读

Intercultural Interpretation of Red Imagery in the Novel of Fusang

《扶桑》是华人女作家严歌苓移居海外后的小说代表作之一。它带给读者最大的感官体验便是其色彩描写,不论场景描写抑或人物描绘,红色这一主题色彩几乎贯穿整部小说。由于文化背景不同,红色在中国与西方国家长期的历史演变过程中形成了内容迥异的文化涵义。文章从跨文化视域解读了严歌苓《扶桑》中的红色意象及其背后的文化内涵。

Fusang is one of the novels by Chinese writer Yan Geling after she moved overseas. The great-est sensory experience it gives readers is its color description. Whether scenes or characters depicting, red color almost runs throughout the entire novel. Due to the different cultural backgrounds, red has different cul-tural connotations in China and the West. The paper interprets the red imagery and its cultural connotations in Yan geling＇s Fusang from the cross-cultural perspective.