期刊刊名：修平學報 　 卷期：29期

篇名出版日期：2014年9月1日

作者：白曦源, Hei Yuen Pak

語言：English

關鍵字：Fae Myenne Ng, biculturalism, reversed bildungsroman, reminiscence,伍慧明,雙重文化,逆成長小說,回憶

被點閱次數：4次

閱讀時間：983sec

摘要：
Asian American novelists endeavor to portray socio-cultural predicaments and ambivalences encountered by the Oriental migrants. This paper intends to demonstrate how Bone, Fae Myenne Ng’s debut and remarkable novel, deals with the transmutation of the protagonist Leila’s initial defiance to subsequent identification of her biculturalism, specifically Chinese and English. Leila’s ambivalence derived from living in Chinatown is an epitome of almost the whole Chinese American community. This novel undoubtedly illustrates the internal struggles of the Chinese migrants. This analysis subverts the conventional bildungsroman, novel of formation, by highlighting the reversed temporality—Leila’s reminiscence, from adulthood to childhood. Leila’s memory facilitates and ameliorates the cultivation of her bicultural awareness and subjectivity. The memory encompasses the ingrained Chinese culture—gestures, preferences—within Leila’s consciousness and subconsciousness, the interaction with Mah and Leon—her mother and stepfather respectively—and also the guilt and shame germinated out of her younger sister Ona’s death. Thus, as the paper shows, it is through “minifying” physical growth that Leila grows up mentally throughout her groping years.

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