在這篇研究阿蘭達蒂•洛伊《微物之神》之再現與踰越的論文中，筆者所要探討的主題有二，第一點旨在分析作者如何透過雙胞胎女孩的稚氣觀察去敘事，呈現出印度南方小鎮中，一家族興落的故事。筆者藉由霍米•巴巴的殖民學舌和含混將小說中的後殖民景狀加以探討；第二點以佳亞特麗•史碧娃克的第三世界女性觀點，探討小說中阿慕的踰越社會加諸於女性之限制。尤其在殖民後的印度，女性的角色並未因解殖民而提高或改善，故其跨越性別邊界及限制之舉，實為後殖民女性自覺與自我定位之肯定。

第一章筆者將阿蘭達蒂之生長背景及寫作過程作簡要之介紹。第二章筆者將後殖民印度之文學情況與阿蘭達蒂之寫作特色做一連結及闡述。第三章筆者提出霍米•巴巴之殖民學舌及含混敘述小說中重要之片段。第四章筆者以佳亞特麗•史碧娃克於文章「賤民能否發言？」中對第三世界女性所受之同質化等之不平對待，引出小說中作者所要表達的議題。以小說中阿慕為例，筆者闡述後殖民女性應有超越束縛之意識，並進而達成自我的定位。第五章，筆者對《微物之神》之標題做出自己之見解，並總論此篇研究所欲達到之景境。

In the study of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, I focus on two essential aspects: representation and transgression. The first concern lies in the author’s linguistic and literary presentation that is closely related to Homi K. Bhabha’s colonial mimicry and hybridity in the novel. My second concern is related to Gayatri C. Spivak’s postcolonial feminist thoughts and Ammu’s transgressive behaviors.

In the first chapter, I offer an epitome of the thesis. The themes of biology and transgression expressed by the author testify to the postcolonial tasks of demolishing the authorized norm and praising the indigenous aesthetics. The literary and sexual transgressions in and of the novel illustrate the abatement of confinements and the liberation of the mind and body. The second chapter of the thesis discusses literary issues in postcolonial India that are closely related to Arundhati Roy’s novel and writing. In the third chapter, I further develop Homi K. Bhabha’s theories of mimicry and hybridity that accentuate literary strategies in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. The fourth chapter has deeply explored on Gayatri C. Spivak’s postcolonial feminist thoughts and analyzed the transgressors that break up the social bonds in the novel. In the final chapter, I explain the novel’s title with the stress on indigenous aesthetics and the ensuing change of little discourse.

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