澳大利亚土著文学的发轫和发展

The Commencement and Development of Australian Aboriginal Literature

澳大利亚土著人民据说是世界上最古老文化的持有者,他们的世界观聚焦在人和环境之间的相互联系,还有他们之间的纽带上。他们也是澳大利亚历史构成中不可或缺的重要组成部分。对澳大利亚这个国家中方方面面的了解都不能脱离它的土著人民和文化。"梦创时代"所关注的是永恒的持续性,它阐释了生活的两个重要方面,精神的和物质的,而且这一思想贯穿土著文学的整体;土著文学中一个最主要的主题是对图腾的崇拜。同时在新时期,澳大利亚土著作家十分珍惜自己所继承的土著血脉,立志要在白人的世界里通过文字展现出黑人的风采,视此为改变身份和改写历史的渠道和机会,其主要表现在身份认同、归属感和血统问题三个范畴上。

Australian aboriginal people are said to be the holders of the world＇s most ancient culture,their world view is focused on the mutual contact between people and environment as well as the bond between them.They also constitute an indispensable part in Australian history.The understanding of Australia could not be detached from that of its indigenous people and culture.Dreaming age is concerned with eternal continuity.It illustrates the two important aspects of life：the spiritual and the material,and this thought runs through aboriginal literature as a whole.There is another major theme in aboriginal literature which is Totemism.At the same time,in the new era,Australian aboriginal writers value highly their inherited blood,determined to showcase black fellow＇s elegant demeanour in a white world,regarding it as the channels and opportunities for changing the identity and rewriting history,which finds expression in three categories which are identity,sense of belonging and blood lineage.