Epigraph:
At night he stands up, the distant call of birds
already deep inside him; and feels bold
because he has taken all the galaxies
into his face, not lightly-, oh not like someone
who prepares a night like this for his beloved
and treats her to the skies that he has known.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
to have lived
through one solitude to arrive at another,
to feel oneself many things and recover wholeness.
-Pablo Neruda
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
I couldn't make love in English
-An unnamed interviewee
Quoted in Kachru, Asian Englishes
So much takes place in the head, so little is known and fixed.
-Jonathan Raban
Soft City
'This essay elaborates on Ouyang Yu's novel The English Class (2010) from the perspective of bilingualism, and demonstrates how this text tackles the dilemma of Chinese migrants as they face choices in language and identity. In the context of a mobilised world of migration, diaspora and globalisation, forms of memory and perceptions of language are dramatically changed. Both language and memory cross borders in the process of migration.' (Introduction)
'随着全球一阵又一阵的移民潮,语言和记忆也跨越边境,流亡异国.很多理论家,社会学家以及人类学家都曾经对语言和记忆的流动性从不同的视角做出过解释,近年来,双语主义与移民身份,跨国境记忆与归属感都逐渐成为了文化研究和移民文学研究的热点.基于上述背景,该论文将从语言,记忆和身份三个视角分析欧阳昱的长篇小说《英语班》.小说集中反映了以京为代表的移民群体的三个困惑:我是谁;我为什么在这里;我的文化根基在哪里.京对于两种语言的矛盾,反映了他对于自己文化身份摇摆不定的定义.这部小说通过京的语言习得和移民经历,显示了生活在两种语言和文化中的移民群体所面临的种种矛盾和尴尬境地.'
Source: CAOD.
Representations of Memory and Identity in Chinese Australian English Novels Supervisor
Canberra
:
2015
18594841
2015
single work
thesis
'This thesis argues that one of the main characteristics of contemporary Chinese Australian literature in English language is its heavy focus on memory and identity. In order to prove this claim, the thesis analyses five English-language novels written by Chinese Australian writers from the period 1990-2010.'
Source: Thesis abstract.
'This essay elaborates on Ouyang Yu's novel The English Class (2010) from the perspective of bilingualism, and demonstrates how this text tackles the dilemma of Chinese migrants as they face choices in language and identity. In the context of a mobilised world of migration, diaspora and globalisation, forms of memory and perceptions of language are dramatically changed. Both language and memory cross borders in the process of migration.' (Introduction)
'随着全球一阵又一阵的移民潮,语言和记忆也跨越边境,流亡异国.很多理论家,社会学家以及人类学家都曾经对语言和记忆的流动性从不同的视角做出过解释,近年来,双语主义与移民身份,跨国境记忆与归属感都逐渐成为了文化研究和移民文学研究的热点.基于上述背景,该论文将从语言,记忆和身份三个视角分析欧阳昱的长篇小说《英语班》.小说集中反映了以京为代表的移民群体的三个困惑:我是谁;我为什么在这里;我的文化根基在哪里.京对于两种语言的矛盾,反映了他对于自己文化身份摇摆不定的定义.这部小说通过京的语言习得和移民经历,显示了生活在两种语言和文化中的移民群体所面临的种种矛盾和尴尬境地.'
Source: CAOD.
Representations of Memory and Identity in Chinese Australian English Novels Supervisor
Canberra
:
2015
18594841
2015
single work
thesis
'This thesis argues that one of the main characteristics of contemporary Chinese Australian literature in English language is its heavy focus on memory and identity. In order to prove this claim, the thesis analyses five English-language novels written by Chinese Australian writers from the period 1990-2010.'
Source: Thesis abstract.
