白人殖民统治下印第安人的自我救赎之路——以风欢乐诗集《美洲的黎明》为例

Road of Indian Self-Redemption under White Colonial Rule——A Case Study of Joy Harjo’s Anthology An American Sunrise

印第安女性诗人风欢乐是美国诗坛上一位重要的诗人,一生创作过多部诗集。在其诗集《美洲的黎明》中,风欢乐大力歌颂印第安部族的壮丽山河,讲述印第安民族的记忆故事,借助文学武器,用诗歌的力量对白人的剥削和压榨进行有力地回击。在这一过程中,风欢乐有过悲情的讲述,无奈的哀号;也曾试图以诗歌唤醒同胞沉睡的民族记忆,唤起他们奋力抗争;最终基于民族生存现实,提出包容融合的和平共处策略,为民族的血脉传承找到一条出路,并最终实现印第安部族的自我救赎。

Joy Harjo,an important Indian female poet in America,has written many anthologies in her life.In the anthology A n A merican Sunrise,Joy Harjo eulogizes Indian glorious scene and depicts the national history in virtue of literature.She uses the power of poetry to struggle against the White’s exploitation and oppression.In this process,Joy Harjo narrates bitterly and whines helplessly.Besides,she has also tried to wake up national consciousness for the purpose of encouraging the whole nation to resist by means of poems.In the end,based on the whole nation’s survival situation,Joy Harjo puts forward the strategy of peaceful coexistence and finds a way to realize national inheritance and development and Indian tribal self-redemption.