呼唤与应答——《他们眼望上苍》与《紫颜色》的叙事策略

A Comparative Study of the Narrative Voice in Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple

佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿和艾丽斯·沃克的小说《他们眼望上苍》与《紫颜色》不仅表达了颠覆西方社会白人中心论和男权制的思想内容,在艺术形式上,也显示了颠覆传统叙事手法的诸多特色。本文试借助传统叙事学和女性主义叙事学的观点,主要从叙述声音的角度对这两部小说进行文本分析,探讨美国黑人女作家难以让其小说主人公发出自己声音的现象及其原因,从而揭示两位作家如何在各自作品中竭力建立黑人女性的叙述声音以便体现一种呼唤与应答的关系。

The subversion of Eurocentrism and male dominance has been woven into the narrative of Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple.Drawing a comparison between Janie＇s voice and that of Celie,this essay analyzes the call-and-response chant of these two narratives,and thus explains why it is difficult for Afro-American women writers to allow their heroines to speak.