期刊刊名：南榮學報 　 卷期：16期

篇名出版日期：2013年5月1日

作者：Hsiu-chuan Fan,范秀娟

語言：English

關鍵字：V. S. Naipaul, A Bend in the River, colonial trauma, acculturation,奈保爾,《大河灣》,殖民創傷,涵化

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摘要：
A Bend in the River (1979) is one of the classical works written by V. S. Naipaul, the 2001 Nobel Prize Winner in literature. In this paper, a textual approach will be used to illustrate the colonial trauma by observing the process of the acculturation of the characters in A Bend in the River. The characters’ behaviors and emotions will be analyzed as they face the European influence. Acculturation is a terminology used in the field of anthropology to stand for the cultural change and adaptation as a tribal society encounters the west civilization. The colonial trauma, like the sense of loss and rootless, the anxiety, and the dislocation of identity, reflects the dilemma of primitive and colonial residents. A Bend in the River serves as a spokesman for the natives and colonial people. It portrays Naipaul’s universal pan-human concern beyond races, geographical barriers, and time and space.

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