臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

此論文主要分析美國原住民作家席爾珂小說《沙丘花園》和呈現作者之原住民靈性 (Native spirituality) 和原住民哲學 (Native philosophy)理念。 由以上兩項原住民思維來加以探討作者席爾珂對於美國原住民 (Native Americans) 和歐美國人 (Euro-Americans) 如何看待以及對待他們所屬的大地之母 (Mother Earth)。第一章，基本介紹作者席爾珂生平背景、其文學作品與其美國原住民文化觀點。有別於一般美國原住民傳統，本論文從作者多元的作品中揭發其創新的原住民思維。第二章，解開席爾珂作品受矚目的論點和作者對原住民與大地之母相互共存的見解。 藉由此三本《沙丘花園》、《儀式》與《說故事》作品，席爾珂強調美國原住民文化裡大地之母與印地安人的密切關係。 第三章，分析《沙丘花園》兩場原住民鬼舞儀式隱喻鬼舞為主角想傳達的一種和諧的儀式性重生表演。第四章，從席爾珂的觀點研究且批判西方父權社會 (Western patriarchal society) 以及基督教 (Christianity) 如何對待主流以外的文化。末章，總結《沙丘花園》對於美國原住民文化和歐美國父權文化的矛盾性和對立性。 席爾珂提供讀者一種反思的機會反映出西方父權社會下的種種問題。

This thesis aims to analyze Gardens in the Dunes and to define Leslie Marmon Silko''s perspectives on Native American spirituality and philosophy. The study investigates how Silko understands Native American''s way of seeing Mother Earth and how she compares this concept to the Euro-American view. Chapter One begins with a brief introduction to Leslie Marmon Silko''s background and her Native cultural perspective. Through storytelling, ceremony and ritual practices, the notions of Mother Earth are conveyed in her works. Chapter Two uncovers Silko''s Native perspective on the idea of Mother Earth and her mutuality with her Children as represented in the novel by Indigo and Sister Salt. Chapter Three approaches the representations of the Ghost Dance that appeared in Gardens in the Dunes. Silko reinterprets the Ghost Dance as a ceremonial revitalization of the protagonists in a tranquil performance that conveys the Language of Love. Chapter Four focuses on Silko''s critique of the Western patriarchal society and Christianity for its unfair treatment of the dominated cultures. In the last chapter, I conclude this thesis with a summary of Silko''s cultural critique: Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes advocates Native matrilineal and feminine perspectives to confer survivability.

Table of contents.........................................v
Chinese Abstract.......................................vi
English Abstract........................................vii
Acknowledgements......................................ix
Chapter I ................................................1
Chapter II ..............................................12
Chapter III .............................................36
Chapter IV ..............................................59
Chapter V ...............................................74
Notes....................................................77
Work cited...............................................79

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