摘要
英国民族认同的问题在世界范围内引起众多关注,英国青年作家扎迪.史密斯在小说《白牙》中对于重新定义"英国性"进行了探讨。作者遵循"补充性原则",通过三个家庭中的故事构建了多元文化的新英国性。虽然小说中充满乐观情调和理想主义色彩,但是也不乏对和谐新英国的顾虑和担忧。
The topic of English national identity has attracted a lot of attention and Zadie Smith＇ s White Teeth offers a version of contemporary Englishness, one that emphasizes and addresses the multicultural make - up of the twentyfirst century England, and in turn challenges the concern that Englishness and multicuhuralism are mutually antagonistic concepts.
关键词
民族认同
英国性
多元文化
national identity Englishness muhicuhuralism
