從《寵兒》透視美國黑人女性的悲劇

論文編號:YY670  論文字數:6379.頁數:17

摘    要
 《寵兒》是托尼·莫里森，這位唯一一位獲得諾貝爾文學獎的美國黑人女性作家的一部巨作。它重點描寫了黑人女性在奴隸制度下痛苦的內心活動。本文首先通過對小說文本的分析，解讀女主人公塞絲與子女，丈夫，奴隸主的關系，通過分析塞絲的經歷以及所受的傷痛，探討奴隸制是如何影響并扭曲黑人女性。塞絲是一個生活在悲劇中但始終不放棄信念的黑人女奴。作為黑人女性，她處于社會的最底層；作為黑人母親，她無法擁有自己的孩子；作為黑人妻子，她無法主宰自己的愛情。本文第一部分主要研究塞絲的悲劇，即身份，親情，愛情的悲劇；第二部分主要分析悲劇產生的原因，即社會、個人和家庭因素。本文從這兩方面入手，特別是研究悲劇產生的原因，來揭露美國黑人女性所受的肉體和精神上的雙重傷害，從而更好地幫助理解和體會奴隸制度下美國黑人女性的地位與悲劇。

關鍵詞：黑人女性；地位；悲劇；原因

ABSTRACT
 Beloved is written by Toni Morrison who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1994 as the first American black woman. It mainly depicts the miserable psychic world of the black women under slavery. This paper first analyzes the protagonist—Sethe’s relationship with her children, husband and slave owners. Through Sethe’s experience and her trauma, it explores how black women are affected and distorted by slavery. Sethe is a woman who has a tragic life but never gives up her faith. As a black woman, she stays at the bottom of the society; as a black mother, she is deprived of her children; as a black wife, she can’t have her beloved. The first part mainly analyzes Sethe’s tragedy, that is her tragedy of status, motherhood and love; the second part analyzes the social, personal and family factors of Sethe’s tragedy. This paper concentrates on these two aspects especially the reasons of the tragedy to explore the physical and mental trauma that American black women endured and to help readers have a better understanding of American black women’s status and tragedy under slavery.

Key words：black women; status; tragedy; reasons

Contents

1．Introduction 1
2. The tragic life of Sethe 2
2.1 Sethe’s tragedy of status 2
2.2 Sethe’s tragedy of motherhood 4
2.3 Sethe’s tragedy of love 6
3. Reasons for Sethe’s tragedy 7
3.1 Social factors 7
3.1.1 Class oppression 7
3.1.2 Gender discrimination 9
3.1.3 The influence of community 9
3.2 Personal factor 10
3.3 Family factor 11
4．Conclusion 12
Acknowledgements 13
References 14