Abstract

Edward Morgan Forster, British novelist, is famous for describing the relationship of the different cultural groups. He created a great number of outstanding literary works which won great popularity among people all over the world. A Passage to India was published in 1924, which was the author's final and also the most important novel. This novel described the cultural conflict between the two countries and the two sides with good wishes "connection", but obviously this desire under the social background at that time was impossible.
This thesis will explore the theme of "join" and "only connection" under the perspective of post-colonialism, it also analyses the subjective desire and permanent conflict, combining the objective reality. Based on race, religion and contradiction between people, the thesis will explore the cultural barriers in the post-colonial context, and eliminate barriers to the possible ways of building a harmonious interpersonal relationship.
   
Keywords:  A Passage to India  Post-colonialism  conflict  connection

摘要

爱德华·摩根·福斯特，英国小说家，是描写不同文化群体微妙关系的文学大师，他一生创作了大量优秀的文学作品，他的作品寓意深刻，深受世界各国人民的欢迎。《印度之行》发表于1924年，是作者生前出版的最后一部也是最为重要的一部小说。小说描写了中印两国的文化冲突以及双方期望通过“联结”来消除文化冲突的美好愿望，但显然这种愿望在当时的社会背景下是不可能实现的。
本文将从后殖民主义的角度探讨“联结”的主题，它还结合客观现实分析了作者“惟有联结”的主观愿望和永久的冲突。基于种族、宗教和人们之间的矛盾,本文将探讨后殖民语境中的文化隔阂，并探寻消除隔阂构建和谐人际关系的可能途径。   

关键词:《印度之行》；后殖民；冲突；联结

Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Introduction to E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster played multiple roles in his ages. He was not only a noted novelist from England and social and literary critic, but also a famous essayist of the first half of the twentieth century. He had created a great number of outstanding literary works, like A Room with a View, Howards End, Maurice, A Passage to India and so on. His works implicate profoundly and win great popularity among people all over the world. Lionel Trilling, the American critic once said: “E. M. Forster is for me the only living novelist who can be read again and again and who gives me the sensation of having learned something” (1982:3).