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After Crossing the Boundary of Community: Enlarged Vision and Multi-Cultural Expression in Malaysian Chinese Writing Today (An Abridged version)
重返热带雨林边陲：李永平与商晚筠寻找失落族群的小说
摘要
In 1977, Prof Edwin Thumboo wrote: ＂Gradually as the literature in each language enlarges its vision, its view of things to take in the whole of life in Singapore, then we would have reached a point where we have a Singapore Writing.＂ Prof Thumboo's prediction has come true. This is not only the first step of developing a new literature in Englishes, it is also an important process to give birth many kinds of literatures in Chinese. The term ＂many kinds of Chinese＂ means that there are not only many kinds of Chinese people, there are also many different kinds of Chinese languages and cultures. Therefore, like the literatures in Englishes, there are many kinds of literatures in Chineses. In this paper I would discuss the works by two Malaysian Chinese writers who have subverted the dominating ideology and practice of Chinese literature. Today there are few writers who have only reflected and flattered the prejudices of their race. More and more Chinese writers have crossed the boundary of their community and enlarged the view to the lives of other ethnic communities. The development of localization, globalization and multiculturalism would bring stronger social ties among the various races and these new Chinese literatures would have more space to grow. A discussion of the fictional works of Li Yongping and Shang Wanyun in this context is useful. Li Yongping is born and brought up in Kuching, Sarawak. A number of stories included in Native of Borneo are dealing with his nostalgic childhood memories of Chinese, the British, Indian Malay and other indigenous ethnic groups in Sarawak. A sociological analysis of mix-marriages, multi-ethnic social interactions shows that Sarawak has reached the highest degree of social integration among all the Malaysian states. Therefore literature growing up from the soil of Sarawak is a mirror reflecting the new landscape of the changing Chinese literature which embraces multi-racial communities in Malaysia. Most of Shang Wanyun's best stories draw the inspiration from her home town Baling and explore the life styles of Chinese, Malay, India and Thai communities. A number of stories included in A Lian the Idiot and The Fleas are about returning journeys to her home town Baling near the Malaysia and Thai border area. Baling is a widely known place where different ethnic groups live together without the strife that has become symbol of plural societies.
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無資料並列摘要
今天我们认识到，世界各地有多种华人、华语及中华文化，当然今天我们也发展出多种不同传统的华（中）文文学。这情形，与英国的共和联邦一样，他们也发展出多种英文文学。这些华文作家及其作品的视野，早已跨越本族的文化社区，创作出跨越族群与文化作品。要了解作家如何走出华人社区、跨越本族的文化疆界，重新幻想，李永平的《拉子妇》与商晚筠的《痴女阿莲》与《跳蚤》，中，他们各自重返热带雨林边陲，寻找失落的童年多元族群的回忆小说，是最好的华文文学的异类。世界华文作家的作品，其内涵非常区域性，需要认识其地方文化环境才能对其作家及其文学作品有深入的认识。