摘要
本文运用后殖民主义相关理论对尼日利亚当代著名双语作家伊索拉的短篇小说《英语的用处》进行了解读。殖民地在获得独立之后,殖民者的语言——英语,作为权力和身份的象征,继续对前殖民地人民施加精神戕害。而面临这种语言帝国主义对土著语言和文化生存的威胁,被殖民者通过对英语的模拟、变形,把它从高高在上的圣坛上拉下来,使之成为一个被解构的对象,成为一个可笑的、虚张声势的"纸老虎"。小说反映了处于边缘地位的土著语对处于中心地位的英语的解构与颠覆。作家的母语写作实践也证明:在后殖民语境下,土著语所代表的语言民族主义是反抗语言帝国主义的有力武器。
This essay adopts theory of post-colonialism to analyze the short story The Uses of English by Akinwumi Isola, a prestigious contemporary Nigerian writer. English, the language of the colonizer, which is regarded by many as the symbol of power and superiority, continues to ruin the spiritual world of the colonized in post-colonial era. Faced with the threat of linguistic imperialism to the native tongue and culture, the colonized people, through hybridity and mimicry, deconstruct English language. With its power weakened and superiority challenged, English becomes a ridiculous ＂paper tiger＂. This story reflects how the authority of English is subverted and deconstructed by the native tongue. In addition, the author＇s writing in local language also proves that linguistic nationalism is a powerful weapon to resist English linguistic imperialism in post-colonial context.
出处
《西华大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
2012年第3期102-105,共4页
Journal of Xihua University(Philosophy & Social Sciences)
基金
西南民族大学"外国语言文学"硕士点建设基金项目的阶段性成果之一
关键词
语言帝国主义
语言民族主义
第三空间
土著语
《英语的用处》
linguistic imperialism
linguistic nationalism
the third space
native tongue
The Uses of English
