Reflection on the modernization of the traditional Tibetan civilization in The Dust Settles

Abstract

This paper intends to synthesize the contents of previous studies, based on the text narrative and the modernity factors implied inside and outside the traditional Tibetan civilization, and explore how Alai used the practice of cross-language writing in Dust Settled to identify with the mainstream culture while opposing his gaze on the “other” of marginal culture construction, and to reflect on the modernization of traditional civilization in the process of individual to civilization.