《大地》：异质文化交流中的他者叙述

发布时间：2018-06-01 06:24

本文选题：赛珍珠 + 《大地》　；参考：《湖南师范大学》2012年硕士论文

【摘要】：作为美国第一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的女作家,赛珍珠备受争议,她因对中国生活生动而富有同情心的描写而闻名于世。自1931年出版以来,她的小说《大地》一直畅销世界。本文采用文本分析的方法并结合萨义德的理论,以认真阅读赛珍珠的小说和传记为基础,分析赛珍珠的写作动机并探究作品的文化意义。本论文由引言、正文和结论三部分组成。引言部分在综述国内外对赛珍珠研究的基础上提出作者的观点,即赛珍珠不仅是客观的观察者,还是一个殖民者。引言同时对本论文的基本论点、结构和主要内容及研究方法进行了简要介绍。第一章介绍赛珍珠的生活背景。还在襁褓之中的她很小就被传教士的父母带到中国生活。正是如此独特的成长背景使她同时熟知中美两种文化。但随着中美之间一系列历史的和政治的矛盾,赛珍珠经过内心冲突而最终认同了美国身份。第二章集中论述《大地》中所表现服饰、饮食和其它社会风俗所体现的文化意义以及所暗含的东西方差异。这些差异在很大程度上满足了西方读者的猎奇心理,因此也是小说畅销的重要原因之一。第三章讨论小说体现出的中西文化间的共鸣,包括王龙的“美国梦”、土地情结和儒家及基督教共有的仁慈。赛珍珠赋予其主要人物以美国精神。事实上这也是感动西方读者的主要因素。第四章探究小说的写作立场。赛珍珠真实地描写了中国农民的生活,包括服饰、饮食等方面。但是除了在小说中描写一贯慷慨善良的白人形象,她还以西方标准塑造了主人公。这些都证明赛珍珠兼有忠实叙述者和殖民主义者的立场。最后结语部分指出,赛珍珠在写作中体现了由其独特成长背景决定的双重立场。她确实改善了以往西方人中扭曲的中国人形象,但同时也帮助了西方话语霸权的构建。
[Abstract]:As the first American female writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pearl Buck is well known for her vivid and compassionate portrayal of Chinese life. Since its publication in 1931, her novel the Earth has been popular in the world. This paper adopts the method of text analysis and the theory of said, based on reading Pearl Buck's novels and biographies, analyzes the motive of Pearl Buck's writing and explores the cultural significance of her works. This thesis consists of three parts: introduction, text and conclusion. In the foreword part, the author points out that Pearl Buck is not only an objective observer, but also a colonist on the basis of summarizing the research on Pearl Buck at home and abroad. The introduction also briefly introduces the basic points, structure, main contents and research methods of this paper. The first chapter introduces the background of Pearl Buck's life. Still in her infancy, she was brought to China by the missionary's parents when she was very young. It was this unique background that made her familiar with both Chinese and American cultures. However, with a series of historical and political contradictions between China and the United States, Pearl Buck finally identified with the identity of the United States through internal conflicts. The second chapter focuses on the cultural significance of dress, diet and other social customs as well as the implied differences between East and West. These differences satisfy Western readers' curiosity to a great extent and are one of the important reasons why the novel is popular. The third chapter discusses the resonance between Chinese and western cultures embodied in the novel, including Wang long's American Dream, the land complex and the common benevolence of Confucianism and Christianity. Pearl Buck endowed her main characters with American spirit. In fact, this is also the main factor that moves the western readers. Chapter four explores the writing standpoint of the novel. Pearl Buck truly describes the life of Chinese farmers, including clothing, diet and so on. But in addition to portraying a white figure that is always generous and kind, she portrays the protagonist by Western standards. All this proves that Pearl Buck has both a faithful narrator and a colonialist position. Finally, the conclusion points out that Pearl Buck embodies the dual position decided by her unique background in her writing. She did improve the distorted image of the Chinese in the past Westerners, but also helped to construct the western discourse hegemony.
【学位授予单位】：湖南师范大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2012
【分类号】：I712.074

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