《爱药》中的神话原型与身份建构

发布时间：2018-07-25 15:06

【摘要】：露易丝·厄德里奇(Louise Erdrich,1954--)是出生在北达科塔洲的印第安裔女作家,著述颇丰,其中以1984年出版的《爱药》为代表作,作品一经问世就倍受青睐。该作品具有浓厚的印第安特色,关注当代印第安人的杂糅身份,因而备受评论界关注。本论文以现有的研究成果为基础,同时结合文本细读的方法,从神话原型批评的角度阐释《爱药》所蕴含的印第安神话与当代本土印第安人的身份构建问题。这将为更深刻理解这部作品中原型意象,原型人物及母题与本土印第安人的身份危机和构建开拓一个新的视角。首先,通过分析《爱药》中的三种原型意象,笔者认为这些意象折射出当代印第安人的生存困境与身份危机,同时,从另一个方面也反应出当代印第安人对自我身份的追求。其次,通过分析厄德里奇在本作品中所运用的印第安原型人物,笔者指出当代印第安人身份的建构首先应体现在对传统部族观念的回归,因此,部族身份的构建是当代印第安人身份构建的重要部分。最后,通过分析作品中的母题,笔者认为,厄德里奇在《爱药》中的点睛之笔在于对当代印第安女性身份的构建,由于女性在印第安传统文化中举足轻重的地位,印第安女性身份的构建不仅体现了厄德里奇的写作目的,而且为整个印第安集体的身份建构埋下了希望的种子。通过以上分析,本论文认为《爱药》充分体现了印第安神话对于当代印第安人身份建构的重要性。此外,笔者希望通过本论文所提供的原型批评视角,能为从原型批评理论研究其它印第安作品起到抛砖引玉的作用。
[Abstract]:Louise Erdrichn (1954-) is an Indian woman writer born in North Dakota. She wrote a lot of works, including Love Medicine, which was published in 1984. This work has strong Indian characteristics and pays close attention to the mixed identity of contemporary Indians. Based on the existing research results and the method of text reading, this paper explains the Indian mythology and the identity construction of contemporary native Indians from the perspective of mythological archetypal criticism. This will open up a new perspective for a deeper understanding of the archetypal images, archetypal characters and motifs in this work and the identity crisis and construction of native Indians. First of all, by analyzing the three archetypal images in Love Medicine, the author thinks that these images reflect the plight and identity crisis of contemporary Indians, and at the same time, reflect the pursuit of self-identity of contemporary Indians from another aspect. Secondly, by analyzing the Indian archetypal characters used by Erdrich in this work, the author points out that the construction of contemporary Indian identity should first be reflected in the return of traditional tribal concepts. The construction of tribal identity is an important part of the construction of contemporary Indian identity. Finally, through the analysis of the motif in his works, the author thinks that the key point of Edridge's love medicine lies in the construction of the identity of contemporary Indian women, because women play an important role in the traditional Indian culture. The construction of the identity of Indian women not only embodies the writing purpose of Erdridge, but also lays the seeds of hope for the identity construction of the whole Indian collective. Based on the above analysis, this thesis thinks that "Love Medicine" fully reflects the importance of Indian mythology for the construction of contemporary Indian identity. In addition, the author hopes that from the perspective of archetypal criticism provided in this paper, it will be helpful for the study of other Indian works from the archetypal criticism theory.
【学位授予单位】：兰州大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2012
【分类号】：I712.074

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