恶作剧精灵:非裔美国文学“意指行为理论”原型研究

Tricksters:Study On Archetype of Signifying Theory in African-American Literature

"意指行为理论"属于非裔美国文学批评理论,而它与恶作剧精灵这一形象紧密相关。通过分析约鲁巴神话中的埃苏-埃拉巴拉,芳族神话中的拉巴和非裔美国文学中的意指的猴子这三个恶作剧精灵的形象、语言和文本,揭示出非裔美国文学批评理论——"意指行为理论"是建立在对这三个恶作剧精灵的原型研究基础之上的文学批评理论。

Signifying theory belongs to African‐American literary theory and is associated closely with three tricksters .The images ,languages and texts of three tricksters including Esu‐Elegbara from Yorùbá myth‐ology ,Lagba from Fon mythology and the signifying monkey from African‐American Literature are ana‐lyzed to disclose that signifying theory as an African‐American literary theory was built on the studies of the archetype of three tricksters .