文化認同的悲劇

英語論文編號:YY103  字數:5057,頁數:18

Abstract
       The clash between the black culture and the mainstream culture in the United States as well as the marginalized existence of the black culture is always the focus of Afro-American fiction writers. In their works they depict the twisted black culture and the loss of it, and attempt to call for cherishing their native culture. Toni Morrison is, undoubtedly, one of them, and more importantly she goes beyond that and explores the tragedy of identification. Through the depiction of a black little girl in the novel The Bluest Eyes, who crazily searches for a pair of blue eyes, Tony Morrison reveals the devastating influence and hurts of the concept of value of the mainstream culture, specially the standard of the aesthetic appreciation – blue eyes, golden hair, and white skill – on the black people，especially black women and children. In addition, she shows the loss of their cultural/ethic identities, spiritual breakdown and self-denial during the process of the identification. Based on textual analysis of the novel, the thesis aims at exploring the tragedy of Pecola as the result of the identification of the blacks in the mainstream culture, and further reveals that her tragedy is actually the tragedy of the blacks when they fully identify themselves with the mainstream culture.

Key Words

Pecola; identification; tragedy; mainstream culture; clash

摘　  要

      美國黑人文化和白人主流文化中的沖突，以及黑人文化的邊緣性一直是非裔美國作家所關注的焦點。在其作品中，他們描述了黑人文化的扭曲和迷失，力圖喚起黑人對民族文化的珍視。托尼·莫里森無疑是這類作家中的先驅，而且更為重要的是她超越了一般的非裔美國作家的創作而探尋了黑人在文化認同中的悲劇。在《最藍的眼睛》這部小說中，通過一個黑人小女孩佩科拉尋求一雙藍眼睛的故事，莫里森揭示出美國白人主流文化的價值觀，尤其是社會流行的審美標準—藍眼睛，金發，白皮膚—對黑人（特別是黑人女性和小孩）的影響與戕害，展現了在對主流文化的認同中黑人的迷失，分裂與自我否定。本文試圖在對這篇小說的文本分析的基礎上，剖析佩科拉悲劇的根源在于黑人群體對主流文化的認同，進而揭示出她的悲劇就是整個黑人群體的悲劇。

關鍵詞

佩科拉；認同；悲劇；主流文化；沖突

Contents

Abstract.....................................................................Ⅰ
Key Words....................................................................Ⅰ
摘要.........................................................................Ⅱ
關鍵詞.......................................................................Ⅱ
Introduction.................................................................1
I. The Rejection of the Mainstream Culture...................................3
II. The Tragedy of Pecola as the Result of the Identification of the Blacks..5
  A. The Rejection of the Black Community....................................5
  B. The Rejection of Her Parents............................................6
Conclusion...................................................................10
Acknowledgements.............................................................12
Bibliography.................................................................13