印第安口头叙事传统与创伤书写——厄德里克《拉罗斯》解析-《集美大学学报》（哲社版）

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Title:: Indian Oral Narrative Tradition and Trauma Writing——An Analysis of Louise Erdrich’s LaRose

Author(s):: CHEN Jin-xing; (College of Chinese Language and Literature, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China)

Keywords:: Louise Edrich; LaRose; trilogy of justice; Indian oral narrative; trauma writing

摘要:: 2016年，当代美国著名女作家路易丝·厄德里克推出新作《拉罗斯》。这部小说属“正义三部曲”系列，其基本主题是创伤与幸存者的复原。小说采用多线叙事，分别展现了拉罗斯家族的历史创伤、诺拉一家的家庭创伤及其愈合、罗密欧的个人创伤及其报复。第一代拉罗斯的逃离经历与小拉罗斯的灵视幻象叙事继承了印第安口头叙事的传奇性，罗密欧的形象刻画继承了印第安民间故事的幽默感。

Abstract:: LaRose, written by famous contemporary American writer Louise Edrich, was published in 2016. The novel belongs to the trilogy of justice. Its basic theme is trauma and the recovery of survivors. By using multi-thread narrative, the novel shows the historical trauma of LaRose family, family trauma of Nola’s family and its recovery, and private trauma of Romeo and his revenge. The escape narrative of the first LaRose and vision narrative of little LaRose inherit legendry tune of Indian oral tradition. Meanwhile, the image of Romeo inherits humor of Indian folklore.