浅析《所罗门之歌》中的音乐叙事

Music Narratology in Song of Soloman

托妮?莫里森的小说《所罗门之歌》以"黑人会飞"这一古老的民歌为故事的主线,用黑人音乐记录非裔黑人在美国的痛苦遭遇,音乐叙事在小说中有着记录历史、表达愿望、安抚心灵和重塑自我的功效,这种叙事策略反映了作者对黑人音乐的感悟并表达了由此而产生的对民族命运的思考。

Toni Morrison＇s novel Song of Soloman focuses on the folk ballad recounting that the black man can fly.She employs black music to record the miserable life of African black people in the U.S..Music narratology helps to record history,express wishes,comfort the spirit and rebuild oneself.This special narrative strategy manifests the author＇s perception of black music and meditation on the future of the black people.