多丽斯·莱辛短篇小说《饥饿》的后殖民主义阐释

An Interpretation of Doris Lessing's Short Novel Hunger from the Post-colonial Perspective

多丽斯·莱辛的《饥饿》收录在她的《五部短篇小说》中,发表于1953年,是她后殖民主义小说中很具代表性的一部。此论文分成三个部分。第一部分解释了为什么《饥饿》是一部后殖民主义短篇小说;第二部分通过介绍后殖民主义的总的观点并具体介绍萨义德和巴巴的后殖民理论提出了此论文研究的理论基本原理;第三部分运用了后殖民理论分析文本,主要关注了莱辛的叙事策略和牙巴乌的身份探寻。

Doris Lessing’s Hunger, from Five Short Novels, published in 1953, is a very good representation of her post-colonial writings. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part presents an explanation of why Hunger is a post-colonial short nov-el. The second part briefly presents the rationale of post-colonial theory, introducing Said ’s and Bhabha’s theories. Lastly, the third part contemplates textual analysis with the post-colonial theory concerning Lessing ’s narrative strategy and her protagonist Jabavu’s quest for identity.