本論文旨在探討印度裔美國作家鍾芭•拉希莉的小說《同名之人》中的移民經驗。論文分三章，依序分析文本中印度移民的懷鄉情節、身份認同以及文化揉雜併陳的狀態。首章探討愛希瑪與阿碩可移民美國後，隨著異國文化的衝擊而來的隔閡，使得他們對家鄉有著深切的思念。思鄉的情緒反映在日常生活細節中，無論是在食物、衣著、節慶、社交活動及教育下一代，都能看出對舊有文化的堅持。我採用批評家柏姆所提出的回復懷舊與反思懷舊，來探討印度移民在新舊文化之間的拉扯。第二章則是著墨在移民的身份認同。果戈里的身份認同和命名及父子關係密不可分。果戈里有個承襲自俄國作家的名字。滑稽古怪的名字及印度血緣的背景，成了他不堪負荷的重擔，與父親的衝突也因此而起。在此章節，我採用佛洛伊德提出的伊底帕斯情結，討論父子之間的對立與衝突，再以卡路斯的創傷理論說明父子和解的過程。第三章探討印度移民在美國追求安身立命的同時，重新建構文化認同。霍米•巴巴提出「間性」及「第三空間」的概念，說明了移民原有文化與美國主流文化間的互動與協商，呈現出「文化揉雜」的現象，也彰顯出文化的異質性與特性。在全球化的影響下，不同的族群文化交織在一起，移民經驗中的懷鄉情緒、尋找自我定位及文化認同，將會是每個人會面臨的問題。唯有體認「文化揉雜」的現象，文化與文化間的差異性才能重新彰顯及再現，也才有協商之可能性。

This thesis aims at exploring the consequences of migration in Jhumpa Lahirir’s novel The Namesake. Set in India and America, the story represents such immigrant experiences as the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and the tangled ties between generations. In addition to introduction and conclusion, the thesis consists of three chapters, devoted respectively to issues of nostalgia, identity, and cultural hybridity. Chapter One explores the way nostalgia affects the Ganguli family in their daily life, including such aspects as food, clothing, their circle of friends, festivals and celebrations. To analyze Indian immigrants’ longing for home and their attempts to retain homeland culture, I employ Svetlana Boym’s theory on nostalgia, wherein two kinds of nostalgia are distinguished: the restorative and the reflective. Chapter Two focuses on immigrants’ identity formation. The process of identity formation is associated with naming and generational problems. I adopt the Freudian theory of the Oedipus complex to explain the father-son conflicts: how the protagonist defies his father as well as the name given by him. Then, drawing upon Cathy Caruth’s concept of traumatic awakening, I trace how the protagonist reconciles with his father and reaches maturity. Chapter Three examines how immigrants come to invent a hybrid cultural identity. I employ Homi Bhabha’s concepts of in-bewteenness and the Third Space to point out the interplay of the Bengali heritage and the dominant American culture, which results in the phenomenon of a new, dynamic, and mixed culture. With globalization, borders and boundaries are constantly changing so that migration comes to be typical of human condition. In this sense, the immigrant experience stated in The Namesake foregrounds problems which might be encountered by all diasporas.

Introduction 1
Chapter One
Nostalgia: Indian Immigrants’ Longing for Home 20
Chapter Two
Identity Formation: Naming and Generational
Conflicts 41
Chapter Three
Cultural Hybridity in The Namesake 65
Conclusion 87
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