摘要
《十字架上的魔鬼》是恩古吉在监狱的极端坏境中写下的小说,小说一反恩古吉以往真实重述历史的基调,以独立后的肯尼亚为历史背景,以反讽为主要手法,展现了看似荒诞实则真实的独立后肯尼亚社会。通过反讽,恩古吉将真实与虚假、正义与邪恶、光明与黑暗共同书写进这部小说,充分展现质疑与斗争的反讽精神。这部作品是他挑战权威,批判现实,为民族未来大声疾呼的见证,也是肯尼亚英语文学发展史上的一块重要里程碑。
Devil on the Cross is a novel written by Ngũgĩwa Thiong’o in the prison.The novel does not continue to retell the history as Ngũgĩ’s previous novels do.It takes independent Kenya as its historical background and irony as its main technique to show the seemingly absurd but actually real Kenyan society.By using irony,Ngũgĩcombines truth and falsehood,justice and evil,light and darkness into this novel,fully demonstrating his ironic spirit of questioning and fighting.This novel is the witness of his challenging authority,criticizing reality and speaking out for the future of the nation.It is also an important milestone in the development of Kenyan English literature.
作者
陆纯艺
冯德河
Chunyi Lu;Dehe Feng(School of Humanities,Shanghai Normal University,Shanghai,China;School of Foreign Languages,Shandong Youth University of Political Science,Jinan,Shandong,China)
出处
《外国语言与文化》
2020年第2期10-16,共7页
Foreign Languages and Cultures
基金
国家社科基金重大项目“非洲英语文学史”(19ZDA296)阶段性成果。
