盖茨非裔文学理论的“奈保尔谬误”是指它与“白人文论”之间既抵抗又依赖的拉锯关系,主要表现为两个方面:一、“形式谬误”;二、“嵌入谬误”。在描述其具体阐释术语时,盖茨一方面把欧美批评话语嵌入其中,证实两者是功能对等物,另一方面则直接改写“白理论”符号。这就是黑人学者在白人霸权语境中申诉族裔文化身份时无法规避的文化创伤。 The “Naipaul fallacy” in Gates’ s African literary theory refers to the seeker - saw relationship which is both resistant and dependent on “white literary theory”, which mainly displays in two aspects: first, “the fallacy of formality” ; Second, “embedded fallacy ”. In describing his concrete explanation of terminology, Gates embedded the critical discourse of Europe and the United States on the one hand, confirming that the two are functional equivalents and on the other hand directly rewriting the “white theory” symbol. This is the cultural trauma that black scholars can not avoid when claiming ethnic cultural identities in the context of white supremacy.