'Shanghai Dancing is the eighth novel written by Brian Castro. In this novel, Castro employs fictional autobiography to narrate Antonio Castro’s identity puzzlement and his seeking for self from a marginal position. Like other characters in the novel, Antonio Castro dances in and out of a series of broken and incoherent stories. By adopting postmodern techniques of interweaving broken stories and multiple narratives in a non-linear way, the author places his characters in an unsteady and fluid situation. After a careful reading, this paper attempts to explore the themes of disorientation, uncertainty and identity seeking in this novel.
'澳大利亚作家布莱恩·卡斯特罗以虚构自传的手法在《上海舞》中叙述了处于边缘地位的安东尼奥·卡斯特罗对于自我身份的困惑与追求。书中大量运用后现代主义的非线性手法以及形形色色的声音讲述破碎的、不连贯的故事,使得人物形象处于一种不稳定的、流动的状态。本文通过对文本的详细解读,试图探究主人公安东尼奥·卡斯特罗身上所体现的迷失、不确定性以及自我建构等身份特征'
Source: CAOD.
