中文摘要
莫尼卡．阿里的首部小說《磚巷》在2003年出版後，評論家讚揚其為當年的最佳小說之一。由於阿里筆觸細膩的角色描寫，小說雖然得到多方的讚美，但卻也引起許多討論，例如阿里筆下的角色的真實性，就曾引發爭議。首先，阿里的小說突顯了第一代和第二代孟加拉移民所面臨不同的困境，返回孟加拉亦或者是留在倫敦成為《磚巷》裡移民者所面臨的最大的議題之一。本論文試圖探討孟加拉移民在日常生活上所面臨的困境和問題。第一章探討第一代移民者查努徘徊於回不回孟加拉（他視孟加拉為他的家）或留在倫敦（他已經住幾十年的城市）的矛盾情結。第二章著重在第二代移民卡林，主要探討何以他雖然從沒有去過孟加拉，卻對孟加拉有著想像的鄉愁，其中亦透過他與其他角色在「裝扮」身份認同上凸顯卡林身為第二代移民者的困境。第三章討論女主角納芝寧掙扎於查努和卡林之間，糾結於愛情與親情的兩難。她與查努的親情，代表了納芝寧對於家鄉情感上的聯繫，她與卡林的愛情，則象徵著她對倫敦這塊土地感情。本論文主要討論在孟加拉移民受困於過去與現在雙重拉力，所產生的心理矛盾與掙扎，同時主張作者有意凸顯愛的力量，將其高舉為克服移民困境的主要精神動力。所以本論文主張阿里的《磚巷》不只敘說了移民者在大城市倫敦掙扎的故事，同時也將移民故事寫成了歌頌愛情與親情的愛的故事。

Abstract
When published in 2003, Monica Ali’s debut novel Brick Lane was proclaimed by some critics as one of the best novels of the year. It not only receives accolade for Ali’s sensitive portrayal of ethnic characters, but it also raises many controversial issues such as the authenticity of Ali’s portrayal of ethnic characters. To begin with, Ali’s novel highlights the predicaments of the first-generation and the second-generation Bangladeshi immigrants who encounter different problems. Whether to go back to Bangladesh or to stay in London is one of the biggest issues confronted by immigrants in Brick Lane. The purpose of this thesis is to probe into the predicaments and problems that the Bangladeshi immigrants confront in their daily life. The first chapter is devoted to exploring the ambivalence of Chanu, a first generation immigrant, both towards Bangladesh, the country he considers his home, and London, the city where he has lived for decades. Chapter Two examines the immigrants’ “fashion-ing” of their identities, focusing especially on the predicaments of both first and second generations in coming to terms with the identity crises they have experienced as strangers in a strange land. The final chapter investigates the female protagonist’s love and dilemma as she is caught in between Chanu and Karim. Both of them will be treated as allegorical figures, with the former embodying her emotional ties with her homeland, and the latter symbolizing her growing attachment to the country, and its people, that has hosted her. This thesis focuses on the Bangladeshi immigrants’ predicaments as they find themselves stranded in between the past and the present. Despite their sorrows and despair, they all find sustaining power in their love for one another. This thesis thus argues that Ali’s Brick Lane is not only a story of immigrants’ struggles as they arrive at the cosmopolitan city, London, but it is also a story about the power of love to break down generational and geographical barriers.

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