托尼·莫里森小说中的南方元素

The Southern Elements of Toni Morrison′s Novels

托尼·莫里森是当代美国黑人文学的代表人物,她利用丰富的黑人民间文学和神话传说,又借鉴魔幻现实主义、多种叙事手法,体现了美国的南方元素;南方对莫里森小说的影响主要来自于她的南方家世、南方历史和南方文学。文章分析了莫里森的八部小说探讨了南方文学对莫里森小说的具体影响。

Toni Morrison is the representative writer of modern American black literature.She draws on the rich black myth and folklore as well as magic realism and many narrative techniques,which are reflecting the elements of Southern America.The South including her Southern family,Southern history and Southern literature has a profound influence on her novels.This essay explores these influences from the South.