从东方主义视角解读《伊甸之东》中老李的形象

发布时间：2018-10-20 17:49

【摘要】：约翰·斯坦贝克是二十世纪美国文坛最优秀的作家之一，《伊甸之东》是他后期的一部代表力作。国内文学评论界已经从多个角度研究了这部作品，但该作品中的华人形象并未受到重视。本文从东方主义视角来剖析《伊甸之东》中老李的形象，认为老李从一个丧失话语权的他者到拥有自己独立身份的华裔，而其身份的转变为美国华裔乃至所有外来移民树立了典范，不仅为外来移民指明了一条可行之路，也折射出斯坦贝克对多元文化融合的积极态度，具有重要的现实意义。首先，作品反映了老李在多元文化冲突的萨利纳斯河谷的尴尬身份，他只是一个丧失话语权的他者，依赖主人的保护而被排斥于美国主流社会之外，身份模糊而尴尬。其次，作品老李的身份寻找历程。认为他由于极力想摆脱这种尴尬的身份而融入美国主流文化，摒弃自己的中国传统文化而完全模仿美国本土的生活方式，结果被美国和中国社会双双边缘化。第三，老李在经过漫长的思考和学习，，把中国文化和美国文化融合在一起，两者相互借鉴和补充，不但实现了自己独立的文化身份，而且对小说中的主要人物产生了正面的积极影响。最后，斯坦贝克虽然生活在东方主义盛行的美国社会，他却颠覆了这一既定的思维模式，重新树立了华人后裔的新形象，因而小说中老李的新形象具有重要的文化内涵。
[Abstract]:John Steinbeck is one of the best American writers in the 20th century. Domestic literary critics have studied this work from many angles, but the Chinese image in this work has not been paid attention to. From the perspective of Orientalism, this paper analyzes the image of Lao Li in East of Eden, and thinks that Lao Li has changed from a other who has lost his right of speech to a Chinese who has his own independent identity. The transformation of his identity sets an example for Chinese Americans and all immigrants, which not only points out a feasible way for immigrants, but also reflects Steinbeck's positive attitude towards multicultural integration, which has important practical significance. First of all, the work reflects Lao Li's awkward identity in the multicultural Salinas Valley. He is just a other who loses his voice, and is excluded from the mainstream society of the United States by his master's protection, and his identity is vague and awkward. Second, the work of Lao Li's identity search process. It is considered that he tried his best to get rid of this awkward identity and merged into the mainstream American culture, abandoned his Chinese traditional culture and completely imitated the American native way of life, and was marginalized both by the United States and Chinese society. Third, after a long period of thinking and study, Lao Li merged Chinese culture with American culture. Both of them drew lessons from and supplemented each other, not only realizing their own independent cultural identity. Moreover, it has a positive effect on the main characters in the novel. Finally, although Steinbeck lives in the American society where Orientalism prevails, he subverts this established mode of thinking and rebuilds the new image of Chinese descendants. Therefore, the new image of Lao Li in the novel has important cultural connotations.
【学位授予单位】：四川外语学院
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2012
【分类号】：I712.074

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