Jessica Anderson rose to prominence until her fourth novel Tirra Lirra by the River won the 1979 Miles Franklin Award.The novel details the vagrant life of a lonely diaspora.From the perspective of diasporic theory,th...Jessica Anderson rose to prominence until her fourth novel Tirra Lirra by the River won the 1979 Miles Franklin Award.The novel details the vagrant life of a lonely diaspora.From the perspective of diasporic theory,this paper investigates Nora’s dia⁃sporic reasons and her successful construction of identity in a strange region,aiming at demonstrating Anderson’s concern on the diasporic women.In the novel,the influence of British cultural colonization results in Nora’s feeling of being caught between two cultures and her lack of sense of belonging.At the same time,Nora is confined in the suburbia,a restrictive realm of the housework and child rearing.Consequently,she decides to migrate to London to search for her ideal home and pursue her freedom.展开更多
文摘Jessica Anderson rose to prominence until her fourth novel Tirra Lirra by the River won the 1979 Miles Franklin Award.The novel details the vagrant life of a lonely diaspora.From the perspective of diasporic theory,this paper investigates Nora’s dia⁃sporic reasons and her successful construction of identity in a strange region,aiming at demonstrating Anderson’s concern on the diasporic women.In the novel,the influence of British cultural colonization results in Nora’s feeling of being caught between two cultures and her lack of sense of belonging.At the same time,Nora is confined in the suburbia,a restrictive realm of the housework and child rearing.Consequently,she decides to migrate to London to search for her ideal home and pursue her freedom.
