“野蛮”的偏见与“文明”的关爱——玛丽安·摩尔《弗吉尼亚不列颠》的身份解构

“Barbaric”Prejudice and“Civilized”Care:Deconstruction of Identity in Marianne Moore’s“Virginia Britannia”

玛丽安·摩尔对美国的文化起源及殖民历史尤为关注,其诗《弗吉尼亚不列颠》反映了殖民者对印第安人"野蛮"的偏见,并给予印第安人"文明"的关爱,这些使印第安人丧失了土地、语言和文化,最终导致了印第安人身份的迷失。摩尔通过消解殖民者对印第安人"野蛮"的偏见解构印第安人的"野蛮人"身份,通过揭露殖民者"文明"关爱的虚伪解构殖民者的"文明人"身份,从而消解文明与野蛮的二元对立,有助于认清殖民的野蛮本质。

Marianne Moore is particularly concerned about the cultural origin and colonial history of the United States.Her poem"Virginia Britannia"reflects the colonists’"barbaric"prejudice against the Indians,as well as their"civilized"care for Indians,which results in the loss of Indian land,language and culture,and eventually leads to the loss of Indian identity.Moore deconstructs the"barbarian"identity of the Indians by dispelling the colonists’"barbaric"prejudice against the Indians and deconstructs the colonists’"civilizer"identity by exposing the hypocrisy of colonists’"civilized"care so as to dispel binary opposition between civilization and barbarism and recognize the barbaric nature of colonization.