ABSTRACT On 12 March 1968, Mauritius celebrated independence from Great Britain. This article explores how the independence period is represented, fifty years later, in a selection of recent Mauritian novels. Focusing upon long-silenced inter-ethnic tensions, inequalities and exclusions, these twenty-first-century fictional works deconstruct dominant celebratory narratives of Mauritius's multicultural ‘rainbow nation.’ By retrospectively revealing cracks in the nation's harmonious façade, the article argues, the novels’ counter-discursive narratives of the nation's foundation play an important part in an ongoing, forward-looking project of nation-building that envisages more inclusive, non-ethnic forms of ‘unity in diversity.’

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重新考虑“Les années de braise”：毛里求斯独立的文学表现，五十年

摘要 1968 年 3 月 12 日，毛里求斯庆祝从英国独立。本文探讨了 50 年后的独立时期如何在毛里求斯的近期小说选集中表现出来。这些二十一世纪的虚构作品专注于长期沉寂的种族间紧张局势、不平等和排斥，解构了毛里求斯多元文化“彩虹国家”的主要庆祝叙事。文章认为，通过回顾性地揭示国家和谐表象中的裂缝，小说对国家基础的反话语叙事在设想更具包容性的非种族形式的持续、前瞻性的国家建设项目中发挥了重要作用。 '在多样性中的统一。