土地·女性·语言——《库娜图》的后殖民书写

Land,Female and Language:Coonardoo’s Postcolonial Narrative

澳大利亚小说《库娜图》讲述了白人牧场主与土著女性的情感纠葛及牧场兴衰的故事。本文从“土地”“女性”“语言”的维度阐释白人与土著之间殖民与被殖民的关系,认为在殖民主义统治下,土著人不仅被剥夺土地丧失生存的根基,土著女性成为被利用的工具,而且他们的语言被毁灭。作为白人作家的普理查德对土著人及其语言文化给以足够的文学关注,在小说中既表现出对土著人的深切同情又流露出对他们的蔑视态度,反映出强烈的正义感和社会责任意识,也体现了一定的局限性。

The Australian novel Coonardoo tells the story of the emotional entanglement between white ranchers and indigenous women along with the rise and fall of a ranch.This article focuses on the dimensions of land,female and language to illustrate the colonial relationship between whites and natives.It points out that under colonial rule,the natives were deprived of their land and lost the foundation for survival,indigenous women became a utilized tool,and their language became absent in Australian literature.As a white writer,Pritchard pays enough literary attention to the indigenous people and their language and culture.In this novel,she shows both deep sympathy for the indigenous people and contempt for them,reflecting a strong sense of justice and awareness of social responsibility,and certain limitation as well.