后种族(?)时代的美国非裔文学(英文)

African American Literature in a Post-Racial(?)Age

纵观民族历史,美国非裔文学以奴隶叙事强烈谴责奴隶制并弘扬人性,从而深刻省察美国社会中的种族特质。美国非裔文学崇尚哈莱姆文艺复兴和新黑人运动中所采用的非洲艺术形式,推崇黑人艺术运动时期策应城市抗暴斗争而兴建起来的文化程式和社会机构,如(哈莱姆)画室博物馆等。如今,有人提出美国已进入后种族时代,无疑,再也没有比这遭到更强烈质疑的声音了。美国非裔文学再一次被证明在评判这一时代的过程中是富有启示意义的。关注那些受到特里.埃利斯新黑人美学观念影响的作家或其他作家的作品时,种族现在又有什么新的意蕴呢?21世纪伊始,审视那些继续致力于探索美国"被种族"的变革和/或变革的现代作家们的作品,他们的真知灼见为解答这一问题提供了机会。

Throughout the nation＇s history,African American literature has provided some of the deepest insights into the nature of race in the United States through the assertion of humanity and vehement condemnation of enslavement in the slave narratives,to the embracing of African derived forms in the Harlem and new Negro renaissances,to Black Arts era cultural programs and institutions such as the Studio Museum that arose in response to urban uprisings.Now,some suggest that the United States has entered a post-racial moment,and,indeed,there is no more contested assertion than this.Once again,African American literature can prove instructive in assessing this moment.As we look to and beyond the literature of writers influenced by what Trey Ellis has termed the new Black Aesthetic,how is race now being engaged？ The beginning of the 21st century offers an opportunity to explore this question through examining the insights of modern writers who continue to consider the transformations and/or status quos of being ＂raced＂ in the United States.