坐在多琳沙发上的三年：在后殖民时代坚守亲密关系和家庭的舒适

Pacific Coast Philology Pub Date : 2019-01-08 DOI:10.5325/PACICOASPHIL.53.2.0272

Kimberly M. Jew

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摘要：本文在李·卡塔卢纳的小说《多琳沙发上的三年》（2011）中探讨了后殖民、元家庭和记忆研究之间令人不安的交叉点。通过这个关于一个名叫鲍比的功能失调的当地人的丰富多彩的累犯故事，卡塔琳娜编织了一个悲喜剧故事，尖锐地批评了夏威夷当代社会和家庭关系的破裂。鲍比在毛伊岛的流浪之旅凸显了各种形式的监禁和记忆丧失，这些都削弱了当代夏威夷社会的力量。当鲍比试图在外面与他的朋友、家人和他的过去建立联系时，他面临着后殖民遗产，这些遗产降低了真实的主观性、记忆、亲密感和家庭纽带的可能性。

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Three Years on Doreen’s Sofa: Holding Fast to the Comforts of Intimacy and Family in a Postcolonial World

Abstract:This article explores the troubling intersections among postcolonial, metafamily, and memory studies in Three Years on Doreen’s Sofa (2011), a novel by Lee Cataluna. Through this colorful recidivist tale of a dysfunctional local man named Bobby, Cataluna weaves together a tragicomic story that sharply critiques the breakdown of contemporary social and family ties in Hawai’i. Bobby’s meandering, picaresque journey through Maui highlights the diverse forms of imprisonment and memory loss that have debilitated contemporary Hawaiian society. As Bobby seeks to connect on the outside to his friends, family, and his past, he is confronted by postcolonial legacies that have degraded the possibilities for authentic subjectivity, memory, intimacy, and familial bonding.

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期刊介绍： Pacific Coast Philology publishes peer-reviewed essays of interest to scholars in the classical and modern languages, literatures, and cultures. The journal publishes two annual issues (one regular and one special issue), which normally contain articles and book reviews, as well as the presidential address, forum, and plenary speech from the preceding year''s conference. Pacific Coast Philology is the official journal of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, a regional branch of the Modern Language Association. PAMLA is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of ancient and modern languages and literatures. Anyone interested in languages and literary studies may become a member. Please visit their website for more information.