Abstract: Ayi Kwei Armah is one of the most influential contemporary African immigrant writers. He gets the attention of the academic circle both at home and abroad for his careful description of the newly independent African countries and African history novels. The complexity of his writing in technique and theme has raised all sorts of theory research and interpretation of his work. Political corruption, identity and cultural crisis, national consciousness and postcolonial criticism can be used in the study of Ayi Kwei Armah. Compared with the study of Ayi Kwei Armah abroad, the domestic research on him is still in the initial stage. A brief review of studies on Ayi Kwei Armah abroad and at home is conducted. The significance of the research is clarified.

Key words: Ayi Kwei Armah, writer, theory, research abroad and at home

摘要： 阿依·克韦·阿尔马赫是当今影响力最大的非洲黑人移民作家之一，因对非洲新近独立国家生存状态的细致描写及创作的非洲历史小说而获得了国内外学界的关注。其创作手法的复杂性及创作主题的广泛性引发了各种理论对其作品的研究和解读。国家政治腐败、身份文化危机、民族意识以及后殖民主义批评等各种视角都可用于对阿尔马赫的研究。国内对其研究尚处于起步阶段。本文对迄今阿尔马赫国内外研究做一综述并阐明其研究意义。

关键词: 阿依·克韦·阿尔马赫, 作家, 理论, 研究综述