重庆交通大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2014, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (5): 90-92.

• 文学探讨 • 上一篇    下一篇

迷途知返,人生礼赞 ——《寡妇赞歌》中艾维的文化身份建构

江妍,孙妮   

  1. 安徽师范大学 外国语学院,安徽 芜湖 241000
  • 收稿日期:2014-02-18 出版日期:2014-10-31 发布日期:2016-04-06
  • 作者简介:江妍(1990-),女,安徽黄山人,安徽师范大学硕士研究生,研究方向:英美文学。孙妮,女,安徽芜湖人,安徽师范大学教授,研究方向:英美文学与比较文学。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金项目“战后英国移民文学研究”(12BWW050)

Return to the Selfhood, Praisesong for the Life --Cultural Identity Establishment in Praisesong for the Widow

JIANG Yan, SUN Ni   

  1. (School of Foreign Studies,Anhui Normal University, Wuhu,Anhu 241000, China)
  • Received:2014-02-18 Online:2014-10-31 Published:2016-04-06

摘要: 《寡妇赞歌》是葆拉·马歇尔的第三部小说,也是她自传型小说三部曲的最后一部。作为加勒比裔移民后代的美国黑人妇女,在种族和性别的双重压迫下面临着文化选择困境与身份认同危机。从后殖民女性主义批评视角分析女主人公艾维丢失文化身份的原因和寻找文化身份的过程,指出只有尊重过去,认可自己的民族文化及其传统仪式,才能成功建构黑人女性的文化身份。

关键词: 葆拉·马歇尔, 《寡妇赞歌》, 后殖民女性主义, 身份建构

Abstract: Praisesong for the Widow is the third novel of Paule Marshall, and it is also the last one of her autobiographical trilogy. Under racial and sexual oppression, the CaribbeanAmerican black women suffer from the difficulties of establishing their identities. The reasons of Aveys losing cultural identity and the process of finding her identity from postcolonial feminist perspective are analyzed. Marshall emphasizes that only if black women respect the past and recognize their national culture and traditional rituals can they succeed in establishing their cultural identities.

Key words: Paule Marshall, Praisesong for the Widow, postcolonial feminism, identity establishment