韦恩·约翰斯顿在小说《梦碎之地》中通过解构、互文、戏仿等后现代主义的创作手法,对早已文本化的殖民伦理价值表征的正史进行了颠覆与解构;在截断正史表层线性叙述的同时,着重致力于重构湮没于其中的边缘史,展现了以往正史不曾示人的面貌,还原了历史多面性的特点。文章从文学伦理学研究角度出发,结合后现代主义理论、新历史主义理论与后殖民主义理论,通过文本细读的方式,分析小说《梦碎之地》的道德主题。
This article is an analysis of Wayne Johnston’s novel The Colony of Unrequited Dreams from the point view of the ethical literary criticism.By using postmodernist techniques such as deconstruction,intertextuality and parody,the article fragments the so–called orthodox history and gives the voice to those once-colonized and silenced Newfoundlanders,and thus makes an ethical criticism of the novel.