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題名 | Yung Wing and Wu Tingfang: Search for Identity in the East-West Cultural Conflicts=容閎與伍廷芳:東西文化衝突中自我之尋求 |
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作者 | 陳國榮; | 書刊名 | 國立中正大學學報 |
卷期 | 10:1(人文分冊) 民88.12 |
頁次 | 頁255-275 |
分類號 | 541.28 |
關鍵詞 | 容閎; 伍廷芳; 文化衝突; 種族主義; |
語文 | 英文(English) |
中文摘要 | 西元一八四九年,第一批華山懷著淘金致富的夢幻遠離貧窮戰亂的家園抵達加州。二十五年後,日漸增加的華人被白人視為各種社會亂源。接踵而來的是一連串不合理的排華法案。這些法不但阻止更多華人移入,更限制華人在美國國內的活動。在這仇視華人的大環境下,容閎和伍廷芳各以英文自傳表達他們對中西文化衝突及種族主義的觀點。本文試圖以文學及文化的角度就這兩人對中傳統、美國文化、種族歧視及自我的尋求做一番詳盡之探討。容閎(1828-1912)是中國第一位留美學生。他在自傳《西學東漸記》(My Life in china and America)中闡述他如何在兩種文化的衝擊下尋找自我。如他的英文書名中的"and"所示,他試著在此兩者中尋求一個平衡點。然而這種鐘擺般的態度不但無法讓他融合兩者之特長進而尋找出獨特的自我,反而不時地迷失自我。容閎的經歷與伍廷芳之自我肯定大異其趣。伍廷芳(1842-1992)在其《東方外交家眼中的美國》(America through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat)中顯示出,他雖深受傳統中國儒家教育所影響,但他亦能洞悉西方文化之長處。雖然他成年後接受英國及美國教育的薰陶,然而他仍能以一種超然的態度來看待中西兩種文化之優缺點,進而在此種西潮的衝擊下仍能尋找到自我及對本文化的肯定。 |
英文摘要 | The first group of Chinese laborers, in hopes of making a fortune during the Gold Rush, left their poverty-stricken and war-ravished homeland and arrived in California in 1847. About twenty-five years later, the Chinese population became so large that the whites were alarmed and started to treat them as all forms of peril. Consequently, various forms of legislation not only prohibited more Chinese from entering the United States but also limited the activities of those Chinese already there. In this hostile environment, Yung Wing (1828-1912) and Wu Tigfang (1842-1922) expressed their viewpoints on the cultural conflicts between the East and the West and racial discrimination. This article intends to analyze their different attitudes form a literary and cultural perspective. Yung wing was the first Chinese student studying in the Unities States. In his autobiography, My Life in China and America, he tried to related his search for identity in the conflicts of these two different cultures. As the "and" in the title shows, he attempted to find equilibrium between these two. However, his ambivalent attitude only makes him lose his own original identity because of his inability to assimilate the strength of either culture. Wu Tingfang's experience is quite different from Yung's. in his America thorugh the spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat, we understand that though he received western education, he was nevertheles strongly influenced by his Chinese legacy. Therefore, he was able to treat the strengths and weaknesses of both cultures from a detached perspective and find a true identity in face of the impact of western culture. |
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