石黑一雄《上海孤儿》中的家园政治

外国文学研究 ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 35-43.

石黑一雄《上海孤儿》中的家园政治

王卫新

出版日期:2017-10-25 发布日期:2022-06-15
作者简介:王卫新,文学博士,上海对外经贸大学国际商务外语学院教授,主要从事英国文学和文学与经济跨学科研究。

The Politics of Home in Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans

Wang Weixin

Online:2017-10-25 Published:2022-06-15
About author:Wang Weixin is professor of English at the College of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (Shanghai 201620, China). His major academic interests are British literature and interdisciplinary studies in literature and economy. Email: wilson69@163.com

摘要/Abstract

内容摘要： 公共租界在石黑一雄的小说《上海孤儿》中扮演着非常重要的角色：淞沪会战之前的租界是生长于上海的英国著名侦探班克斯的精神家园,班克斯母亲投身反鸦片运动为旅居上海的英国人披上了正义的外衣;战时的租界成为所有人心目中的安全港湾,而苏州河对岸战火正酣的闸北则是龙潭虎穴。战前的租界被上海民众视为“外国人的城市”,中国人在自己的土地上备受包括英国在内的列强的欺凌,但战时的公共租界也为躲避战乱的中国人提供了庇护。1937年11月至1941年12月间未被日军占领的上海租界地区被称为孤岛,孤岛和石黑一雄小说中的孤儿遥相呼应,孕育着一种十分复杂的、风云变幻中的上海的家园政治。

关键词: 《上海孤儿》, 公共租界, 家园政治, 鸦片贸易, 抗日战争

Abstract: The International Settlement plays a very important role in Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans. Prior to the Japanese assault on Shanghai in 1937, the International Settlement served as the homeland of Christopher Banks, the Shanghai-born British detective. Banks' mother's anti-opium campaign justified the presence of British expatriates in Shanghai. In wartime Shanghai, the Settlement became a safe haven for all. Chapei, the very place of heavy fighting on the other bank of Suchow Creek, became an inferno for British expatriates. In Chinese people's eyes, the prewar Settlement was “foreigners' city”, in which Chinese people were bullied and humiliated by imperialists headed by the British. In wartime Shanghai, however, the Settlement became the sanctuary of Chinese refugees. The unoccupied area in Shanghai was known as Gudao (solitary island) from November 1937 to December 1941. Gudao, together with Gu'er (orphan), represented very sophisticated politics of home in tumultuous Shanghai.

Key words: When We Were Orphans, International Settlement, politics of home, opium trade, Anti-Japanese War

王卫新. 石黑一雄《上海孤儿》中的家园政治[J]. 外国文学研究, 2017, 39(5): 35-43.

Wang Weixin. The Politics of Home in Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2017, 39(5): 35-43.

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