历史·记忆·回归:美国亚裔文学版图中的华裔文学研究--朱蓓章教授访谈录

History,Memory and Return:The Study of Chinese American Literature in the Map of Asian American Literature:An Interview with Professor Patricia P.Chu

朱蓓章教授以群体历史心理研究法构建美国亚裔文学"回归叙事",着眼亚裔跨洋双向位移过程中种族心理、历史书写和记忆作用机制。身为华裔研究者,朱教授格外关注美国语境中的华裔文学研究,提倡华裔文学与美国其他族裔文学的比较阅读,以"相似性"为切入口把握华裔作家与历史和文学潮流的互动,使华裔文学研究获得文化和美学视角之外的生命力。访谈涉及美国亚裔文学叙事技巧、体例取舍、研究方法、历史与记忆作用、种族研究、华裔文学定位、亚裔共同体等具体问题,为拓展中国语境下的华裔文学研究提供新思路。

By way of group historical psychology,Professor Patricia P.Chu has constructed the return narrative in Asian American literature,with a view towards the mechanism of ethnic psychology,historical writing and the roles of memory in the process of mutual displacement by Asians from across the ocean.As a Chinese American scholar,Professor Chu pays particular attention to the study of Chinese American literature in the American context,promoting a comparative reading of Chinese American literature with that of other ethnic American literatures and mastering the interaction of Chinese American writers with historical as well as literary trends from the starting point of similarity,so that vitality can be obtained from outside the angles of culture and aesthetics.The interview involves such concrete issues as the narrative skills of Asian American literature,selection of genres,research methodology,history and the roles of memory,ethnic studies,the positioning of Chinese American literature and the Asian American community,providing new lines of thought for the study of Chinese American literature in the context of China.