枯萎凋谢的玫瑰——《所罗门之歌》中女性人物悲剧命运解读

The Withered Roses——An Interpretation of the Tragic Fate of the Four Female Characters in Song of Solomon

《所罗门之歌》是美国黑人女作家托尼.莫瑞森的第三部作品。小说在讲述主人公奶娃道德成长历程的同时,对同奶娃有着密切关系的四个女性人物(母亲露丝,姐姐莉娜和科林西安丝以及情人哈格尔)的悲剧人生进行了描写。本文旨在对她们遭受的性别歧视和种族压迫的悲剧命运进行解读,揭示黑人女性只有获得物质上和精神上的独立并以本民族文化作为立身之本,才能赢得自身的解放。

Song of Solomon is the third novel of American black female writer Toni Morrison. It is mainly about the moral growth of the protagonist Milkman, and meanwhile describes the tragic life of the four female characters, who are closely connected with Milkman （his mother Ruth, his older sisters Lena and Corinthians, and his lover Hagar）. This paper aims at interpreting their tragic fate resulted from long--term gender discrimination and racial oppression. Through analysis, it shows that only by winning physical and spiritual independence and basing their existence on their own national culture, can black women achieve liberation.