皮得·凯里是当代澳大利亚著名的小说家 ,以其对澳大利亚生活的独特描写而受到读者和评论界的好评。他发表于 1 997年的长篇小说《杰克·马格斯》以 1 9世纪的伦敦和澳大利亚为背景 ,以流放犯杰克·马格斯从殖民地新南威尔士潜回伦敦 ,寻找“儿子”的故事为线索 ,对英国作家狄更斯的小说《远大前程》进行了改写。通过使用戏仿和反讽 ,小说颠覆了英国现实主义文学的叙事程式 ,恢复了被压制的边缘人物流放犯的语话及其被排斥的历史 ,重新确立了澳大利亚作为殖民地的历史。在小说中 ,以狄更斯为代表的英国现实主义小说叙述话语既遭到了质疑 ,也得到了认真的仿效 Peeter Carey is a famous Australian contemporary novelist, praised by readers and commentators for his unique description of Australian life. His 1997 novel, “Jack Maggs,” is based on the nineteenth century London and Australia to exile Jack Maggs from the colony of New South Wales and return to London looking for a “son.” As a clue, the novel “Great Expectations” written by British writer Dickens was rewritten. Through the use of parody and irony, the novel subverts the narratives of British realist literature, restores the language of repressive marginalized persons and their excluded history, and re-establishes Australia’s history as a colony. In the novel, the narrative discourse of British realistic novel represented by Dickens was both questioned and seriously emulated