物叙事视域下邝丽莎《蜂鸟巷茶女》中的“茶”与文化身份  

On Tea and Cultural Identity of Lisa See’s The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane from the Perspective of “Thing” Narratives

作　　者：蒋翃遐[1] 王康辰 Jiang Hongxia;Wang Kangchen

机构地区：[1]兰州大学外国语学院

出　　处：《华文文学》2025年第2期37-44,共8页Literatures in Chinese

基　　金：国家社科基金重大招标项目“西方物叙事研究”(23&ZD302)阶段研究成果。

摘　　要：华裔作家邝丽莎的小说《蜂鸟巷茶女》围绕云南普洱茶讲述了中国改革开放三十年间阿卡族母女李妍和海莉从分隔中美两国到成功相认的故事。“茶”在小说中发挥着重要的叙事功能,它是母亲李妍民族文化身份的隐喻,也是女儿海莉完成寻根之旅、实现多元文化身份建构的推动力,更是联结自然、文化与女性的纽带。本文基于“物”叙事相关理论,从“物”的文化符号、主体性及本体性三个层面出发,探讨《蜂鸟巷茶女》中的“茶”对人物身份建构的重要作用。文章认为,借助“物”的力量,小说揭示了邝丽莎就女性族裔个体在跨国家、跨民族、跨文化背景下对身份困境的反思,及对多元文化身份的追求。Centering around Chinese Pu’er tea, Lisa See’s The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane tells the story of how the Akha mother Li-yan reunites with her American daughter Haley after a twenty-year separation, unfolding across three decades since the launch of China’s Reform and Opening Up. In the novel, tea serves as a metaphor for Li-yan’s ethnic cultural identity, a catalyst for Haley’s journey of self-discovery and the construction of her multicultural identity, and a bond connecting nature, culture, and women. Based on the theories of“thing” narratives, this paper explores the role tea plays in constructing characters’ identities from three aspects: cultural symbolism, agency, and ontology of non-human matters. It is argued that by resorting to “thing”, the novel reveals Lisa See’s reflections on the identity dilemmas of female ethnic individuals in a transnational, trans-ethnic, and trans-cultural context, as well as her pursuit of a multicultural identity.

关 键 词：邝丽莎 《蜂鸟巷茶女》 物 茶 文化身份 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]