马华文人的本土化书写(1927-1941):乡土、身份与认同

The Localized Writing of Chinese Malaysian Men or Women of Letters(1927-1941):Native Soil,Identity and Identification

马华文人的本土化书写过程,可以说是一个乡土再定位和身份再找寻的过程。从20世纪20年代末至40年代初,马华文人从自发的本土情怀出发,努力地向马来亚寻求写作环境和写作素材,以期达到“本土生活”的再现。在这个过程中,马华文人“乡土”和“身份”中的中国元素逐渐得到解构,并加入了马来亚元素进行重构,使得马华文人形成了“鱼尾狮”般的认同。虽然“鱼尾狮”般的认同并未彻底消除华人的“被放逐感”,但毕竟为该群体提供了一个新的共同体意象。由此可见,马华文人的本土化书写不仅是一种侨民文学走向的探索,也是一种侨民归属意识的探索。

The process of localized writing by Chinese Malaysian men or women of letters can be said to be one of a repositioning of native soil and re-seeking for identity.From the end of 1920s to the beginning of the 1940s,Chinese Malaysian men or women of letters,starting from their own feelings for the native soil,tried to find Malaysia as a source of writing environment and material in order to represent the native life.In the process,the Chinese elements in their native soil and identity were gradually deconstructed,and reconstructed with Malaysian elements so that they formed an identification shaped like a lion with a fish tail.Although that identification did not thoroughly get rid of the sense of exile with the Chinese Malaysians,it did provide the group with an image of new commonality.From this it can be seen that the localized writing of the Chinese Malaysian men or women of letters is an exploration,not only in the direction of diaspora literature but also in their sense of belonging.