摘要
约翰·斯坦贝克的小说《伊甸园之东》关注了19世纪末至20世纪初处于美国主流文化边缘的华裔群体追求"真我"身份的心理历程。这一过程荆棘满途,步履维艰。本文从身份问题之"真我"迷失、"真我"与"他我"困境以及"真我"实现三方面深入探讨小说中华裔"李"这一人物形象的身份流变。小说对华裔"李"在美国"白人优越论"文化背景下探寻身份认同艰辛之路的描写凸显了美国"淘金热"之后,华人群体在排华浪潮背景下举步维艰的生存困境。
John Steinbeck’s East o f Eden focuses on how the anxious Chinese Americans identified themselves in the late 19th century and early 20th century in America.It is a time when they were generally marginalized by the mainstream culture—white supremacy.This article aims to explore how Lee,the Chinese American,struggles to make a living in the American culture.It discusses how Lee’s identity changes from the loss of“the real me”to the dilemma between“the real me”and“the objectified me”,and then to the identification of“the real me”.Lee’s anxiety over his identity highlights the hostile atmosphere in America for the Chinese Americans to survive after the gold rush,where and when they live under much pressure of the predicaments of the exclusion of Chinese and white supremacy.
出处
《英美文学研究论丛》
2020年第2期275-284,共10页
English and American Literary Studies
基金
教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目“文化记忆与澳大利亚淘金期华人书写研究”(19YJC752020)的阶段性成果。
