对峙 融合 淡化——对《谁是爱尔兰人》的文化解读

Conflict, reconcilement and indifference

新生代华裔美国小说家任碧莲的创作主题涵盖了文化、种族、移民等诸多问题。她在1999年发表的短篇小 说《谁是爱尔兰人》从第一代华人移民的叙述视角,以风趣幽默的笔调,表现了在美国文化语境下两代人之间、主流 文化与母体文化以及不同种族之间的对峙与融合,反映了任碧莲华裔族性意识的淡化。

Chinese-American novelist Gish Jen covers great many a topic in her novels, such as culture, race, and immigrants etc. Published in 1999 and narrated from a Chinese immigrant' s angle of view and with a humorous tone, her short novel 'Who Is Irish?' reflects conflicts and reconcilement between two generations, American main stream culture and Chinese traditional culture, and meanwhile, manifests her indifference about ethnic identity.