关键词: 古尔纳, 《赞赏沉默》, 叙事策略, 内心独白, 沉默, 身份焦虑

Abstract: Abstract: Admiring Silence, the fifth novel of Abdulrazak Gurnah, tells the story about a Zanzibari refugee who visits his hometown after20years of exile in Britain, but returns to Britain shortly afterwards. By setting its plot in the space, time of the narrative that alternates, interweaves between Zanzibar, Britain during the1960s, 1980s, the novel relies on multiple narrative strategies, such as dual narration, embedded narration, silence, to establish a dynamic balance between speech, silence, between characters, readers as narratees for the sake of delivering a series of thematic implications, from the criticism of racism, colonialism to the attack on the dark side of postcolonial society, the sympathy with, reflection on immigtants' plight, identity anxiety

Key words: Gurnah, Admiring Silence, narrative strategy, interior monologue, silence, identity anxiety