一种非洲轮回观的民族国家隐喻——索因卡诗作《阿比库》解读

A Nation State Metaphor in an African Reincarnation: Interpretation of Soyinka’s Poem “Abiku”

阿比库是在尼日利亚和西非地区广泛流行的一种关于生命轮回的传统宗教信仰,指同一个孩子循环出生和死亡从而“折磨”母亲。解读索因卡的诗作《阿比库》表明,阿比库是一种相互冲突、相互破坏的痛苦的血亲关系,象征着一种紧张不安的民族整体心理。“流浪”和“重复循环”是阿比库的特征,它是民族创伤的记忆,殖民历史导致了地理空间的离散以及现实暴政的“邪恶循环”。阿比库是民族国家政治神话的隐喻,是黑人文学的一个普遍主题。

Abiku is a traditional religious belief about life cycle that is widespread in Nigeria and West Africa.It refers to the same child cycling birth and death to"torture"the mother.An interpretation of Soyinka’s poem"Abiku"shows that Abiku is a painful blood relationship of conflict and mutual destruction,symbolizing a nervous and uneasy national psychology."Wandering"and"repetition cycle"are the characteristics of Abiku.It is the memory of national trauma.Abiku is a political myth that metaphorizes the nation state and is a universal theme of black literature.