从《瓦解》看阿契贝对西方文化的挪用与逆写

Appropriation and Re-writing of the Western Culture in Things Fall Apart

《瓦解》是尼日利亚作家阿契贝的处女座,被誉为“非洲现代小说的奠基之作”,自问世就引发大量讨论其后殖民意义的相关研究。小说借主人公奥贡喀沃的悲剧命运展示了前殖民时期尼日利亚伊博氏族生活及其巨变。借助后殖民主义“挪用”和“改写”的概念,论述阿契贝如何通过对西方宗教文化和语言的借用和挪用来对抗帝国话语,重构自己的文化身份。

Things Fall Apart,known as the laying-foundation work of the modern African novels,has attracted a great deal of attention since it came out.It shows the life of Igbo society and its social upheaval during the pre-colonial times,following the line of Okonkwo's experience.Using the appropriation and re-writing of the linguistic strategy,Achebe could protest and subvert imperialist discourse,manifest his own national power,and re-construct his own cultural identity.