冈比亚英语文学简论——以威廉·康顿、伦里·彼得斯、萨拉赫为例

A Survey to Gambia’s English Literature——Taking Condon William, Peters Lenrie and Sallah Tijan as Examples

冈比亚地区很早就有口头文学传统,但由于自然资源匮乏,又长期遭受殖民统治,导致经济、文化、教育等极度落后,文学发展缓慢。20世纪60年代获得独立后,冈比亚先后出现了三位用英语创作的作家:威廉·康顿、伦里·彼得斯、萨拉赫,他们代表了冈比亚英语文学的主要成就。本文简述冈比亚文学的发展背景,重点论述威廉·康顿、伦里·彼得斯、萨拉赫三位作家的生平及创作,以期有效弥补我国对西非英语文学、特别是冈比亚英语文学研究的不足,为非洲文学研究提供借鉴与参考。

The Gambia region has a long history of oral literature.However,due to the lack of natural resources and long term colonial rule,the economy,culture and education are extremely backward,and literature develops slowly.After gaining independence in the 1960s,the Gambia has appeared in three writers who wrote in English:William Condon,Lenrie Peters and Salah Tijan.They represent the major achievements of the Gambian English literature.This article briefly describes the development background of Gambia’s literature,and focuses on the life and creation of Condon William,Peters Lenrie and Sallah Tijan,in order to effectively make up for the lack of research on English literature in West Africa,especially Gambia English literature,for the reference of African literary studies.