“动物”身上的人性——评理查德·赖特的《土生子》

On Richard Wright's Native Son

本文是从存在主义角度对理查德.赖特的代表作《土生子》进行分析,选取的视角分别是存在主义者克尔凯郭尔的人生三段论理论和海德格尔的此在的时间性结构。通过分析旨在表明,书中主人公比格的人生轨迹固然有环境决定的因素,但不能忽略他本身自发的需求,即作为主体的人的需求,寄希望弥补自然主义关于人是动物缺陷。

The following paper appreciates Richard Wright＇s masterpiece--Native Son through the angle of existentialism. The theories adopted here are respectively ＂three-stage development＂ suggested by Soren Aabye Kierkegaard and ＂the chronological structure of ＇being＇＂ suggested by Martin Heidegger. Through the analysis, we intend to indicate that Bigger Thomas＇ tragic destiny is more due to his own developing urge than to the environment.