Abstract Bashing V.S. Naipaul’s travel books on India, the Caribbean, the Islamic World and Africa has produced a massive body of writing since the 1980s. Focusing on his perceived racism and Islamophobia, this literature seeks to thoroughly discredit Naipaul as a reliable chronicler of the lives of the victims of Western imperialism. Condemned, indeed, as an apologist for Western imperialism, Naipaul’s admitted brilliance as a writer of fiction has been dulled by these accusations. There is much truth in these critiques, but they are based on arguments that range from the accurate to the problematic to the quite simply wrong. Too many attacks on Naipaul’s work come from writers who have a limited knowledge of the body of his work or who misconstrue the knowledge they do have. Stepping back from the assault on Naipaul reveals important reasons to re-examine and rethink the meanings of his work and the lives it chronicles.

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抨击奈保尔：历史、神话和拒绝观看

摘要 Bashing VS Naipaul 关于印度、加勒比海、伊斯兰世界和非洲的旅行书自 1980 年代以来产生了大量的写作。这部文学作品着眼于他所感知的种族主义和伊斯兰恐惧症，试图彻底抹黑奈保尔作为西方帝国主义受害者生活的可靠编年史家。事实上，作为西方帝国主义的辩护者，奈保尔承认自己作为小说作家的才华已经被这些指责所掩盖。这些批评有很多道理，但它们所基于的论点从准确到有问题再到完全错误。对奈保尔作品的太多攻击来自对其作品主体了解有限或误解了他们所拥有的知识的作家。