The Awakening of Self: A Postcolonial Study of Initiation Theme in Miguel Street  

作　　者：秦艺航 QIN Yi-hang(College of Foreign Languages and Cultures,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361005,China)

机构地区：[1]厦门大学外文学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第18期218-222,共5页Overseas English

摘　　要：Miguel Street is a collection of linked short stories by the Nobel Laureate V.S.Naipaul.To interpret the initiation theme inMiguel Street,this paper uses Rui Yuping’s theory structure to analyze the three major parts of the growing progress of the narra tor“I”.This paper also uses postcolonial criticism to interpret the confusing situation which“I”was in and the narrative strategy in this novel.The conclusion is that the only solution for“I”and even the whole country is to escape from the confusing situation.Miguel Street is a collection of linked short stories by the Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul. To interpret the initiation themein Miguel Street, this paper uses Rui Yuping’s theory structure to analyze the three major parts of the growing progress of the narra-tor"I". This paper also uses postcolonial criticism to interpret the confusing situation which"I"was in and the narrative strategy inthis novel. The conclusion is that the only solution for"I"and even the whole country is to escape from the confusing situation.

关 键 词：postcolonial STUDY INITIATION THEME V.S.Naipaul Miguel STREET 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]