The Study On Migrant Image In The Novels By Colleen McCullough

In essence, the "immigrants" coming to the colonies, no matter whether they are passive or active, they are in a state of "exile". And " exile" has compound meanings in the post-colonial context, it not only refers to the exile in the sense of region (changes in the land of life), also refers to that of race (or blood), namely the parents are from different origins or different races; at the same time it can be expended to refer to the psychological and cultural sense of exile. Regional exile (also refers to the exile of physical space) is an important premise of producing multivariate composite cultures.Edward Said holds that exiles are those crossing in a wider field, he or she holds "interstitial space", and the space is in the middle of national reconciliation, political organizations and academic attribution, it is also the middle part of culture and imperialism, text and the world, the past and the present. Obviously, Australia just meets the requirements of the "intermediate zone". After the British Empire’s "first fleet" drove into the Australian port, a variety of immigrants began to loom into view, keeping writing their new life here. The present author’s focus is on the three novels based on Australian immigration by the famous Australian woman writer Colleen McCullough.The stories in the three novels occur at different time. Morgan’s Run takes place from1775to1793; The Touch from1872to1900; and The Thorn Birds between1905and1969. The latter two novels are family legends with strong narrative stories. But Morgan’s Run is equivalent to an Australian national epic, its historical facts are more important than the story itself. The present paper is divided into three parts:The first part mainly discusses the background and characteristics of Australian immigrant images represented by Morgan in the novel Morgan’s Run at the end of18th century, they are the first generation of immigrants in Australia who are because forced by life or helpless to be convicts. The author will focus on analyzing their depression in exile when they are rebelled by their homeland and their pursuit of coming back after exile.The second part is to analyze, from the perspective of the saga novel, the immigrants’ suffering in McCullough’s novels in the19th century, including British immigrants like King Rose who is a dreamer holding established life orientation and clear spiritual mark, he comes to Australia to restore or to build an "ideal home" following his heart; and including people like the beautiful lady Elizabeth who has to struggle hard to live on the margins of society because of deeply colonial and patriarchal oppression. In addition, the history and life of Asian immigrants in Australia presented in the novels are worth discussion and attention. The confusion and lost on ethnic identity from Chinese immigrants is of typical research significance and value. The narrator McCullough does act as the spokesperson for Eurocentrism intentionally or unintentionally.The third part is the narration of the search for identity and home in the novel The Thorn Birds in the early20th century represented by Irish immigrants in Australia, the author has confirmed in her writing that in the process of proving themselves, the three generations in Crick’s family all show that even if the path to "home" of immigrants is full of frustrations, it can not prevent them going forward like persistent thorn bird without being afraid of hardships.