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流亡女作家 Dương Thu Hương 是越南当代最著名的女作家之一,也因批评共产党而闻名。她的作品《天顶》(The Zenith,2007 年)和《盲人天堂》(Paradise of the Blind,1993 年)被翻译成多种语言并在国外出版,在这两部作品中,她以反复出现的 "过剩 "和 "赤字 "为主题,对国家政治恶化进行了评论。肆虐村庄的饥饿被鬼魂讽刺性的贪婪所反衬,而党员们表演性的禁欲主义只是掩盖了他们政治决策背后的实际贪婪。本文从一个层面探讨了过度政治如何玩弄人类不同的美德和恶习,揭示了越南执政制度和独立言论中的深刻讽刺。另一方面,文章还指出 Duong Thu Huong 如何将业力作为一种叙事力量,无情地惩罚、羞辱和教育,最终承诺恢复平衡。文章认为,对东南亚文学的生态批评必须考虑到对环境的自然和超自然理解。这将导致对散居地和对故乡的精神忠诚的新理解,这对海外越南社区尤为重要。
Exiled writer Dương Thu Hương is one of the most renowned contemporary female writers of Vietnam, famed also for her criticism of the Communist Party. In her works The Zenith (2007) and Paradise of the Blind (1993), translated and published abroad, she uses the recurring themes of excess and deficit to comment on the political deterioration of the state, a tragic reality that began just years after gaining independence from France. The hunger that ravages the villages is countered by the ironic gluttony of ghosts, and the performative asceticism practiced by party members only masks the actual greed underlying their political decisions. On one level, this article examines how the politics of excess, playing with different human virtues and vices, reveals a deep irony in the governing systems of Vietnam and the rhetoric of independence. On another, it also points out how Duong Thu Huong uses karmic energy as a narrative force which mercilessly punishes, humiliates, and educates, ultimately promising a restoration of equilibrium. The article argues that ecocritical engagements with Southeast Asian literature must take into account both a natural and supernatural understanding of the environment. This leads to new understandings of diaspora and spiritual allegiances to the homeland that are especially pertinent for the Vietnamese community abroad.