认同与信仰：论新加坡新生代英语作家陈慧慧(英文)

Identity and Belief in the Fiction of Hwee Hwee Tan

陈慧慧是新加坡最出色的新生代英语小说家。陈慧慧颠覆了传统的文学体裁观念,引用丰富的文化背景材料,应用讽刺等手法,来处理诸如身份、信仰等主题。她的作品中充满了基督教的典故,以及神秘经验的描写,这些描写不仅表达了信仰,而且突出了社会不公,全球贸易中的黑暗方面等社会问题。陈慧慧是一个非常注重灵魂的小说家,她对神秘主义的兴趣在今日可能很难讨好公众。

This essay introduces the fiction of one of Singapore's most accomplished novelists writing in English,Hwee Hwee Tan. Tan subverts established literary genres,uses a rich range of cultural references and deploys satire to address themes like injustice, identity and belief.Her work not only raises political,social and legaI topics like mitigation and elitism;it also addresses issues contemporary theoretical issues like those of Cosmopolitanism and Occidentalism.Christian allusions and portrayals of mystic experience often permeate her fiction:they not only convey feelings of faith but also emphasise social issues like earthly injustices and the dark side of global commerce.Tan is a profoundly spiritual person, who perhaps somewhat unfashionably asserts the importance of mysticism today.