别格的异化:《土生子》中男主人公的性格特征

Bigger Thomas′ alienation:the character of the protagonist in novel Native Son

理查德.赖特的抗议小说《土生子》在20世纪30、40年代备受美国读者的青睐,其最重要的原因就是小说塑造了一个不同于美国传统黑人形象的“新黑人”———小说主人公别格.托马斯。他试图通过暴力来赢得白人对他的关注和本民族人民对他的敬畏。本文将试图从心理、社会和哲学三个不同层面对别格的异化现象进行剖析,从而发掘他个人独特行为的根本原因。

The protesting novel Native Son, which was written by Richard Wright, was in American readers＇ good graces in the years between 1930 and 1950. The most important reason was the emergence of a ＂New Negro＂ named Bigger Thomas in the novel, whose image was quite different from that of the traditional American Negro. The protagonist tried to win the attention of the Whites and the awe of the other black people around him through the means of violence. Bigger＇s protesting behavior is considered as a kind of alienation in this paper. The author tries to analyze Bigger＇s alienation from three perspectives, which is psychological, sociological, and philosophical. The aim is to dig out the roots for such alienation.