《宠儿》中宠儿的替罪羊形象研究

An Interpretation of Beloved as a Scapegoat in Beloved

应用勒内·吉拉尔替罪羊机制分析托妮·莫里森的小说《宠儿》,研究表明,小说的主人公宠儿是奴隶制下黑人社区的替罪羊。小说围绕奴隶制导致的社会和文化危机、给社会造成的普遍混乱;宠儿还魂报复犯下"混乱者"的罪行;宠儿的黑奴女性身份具备被选定为受难者的特殊标记;塞丝杀婴、黑人社区对宠儿的集体驱逐构成暴力本身四个方面的书写便是对勒内·吉拉尔替罪羊机制四个范式的回应。

With Rene Girard＇s four patterns of scapegoatism, the thesis argues that Belovedis a scapegoat in Beloved.The depiction of four aspects in the novel responds Rene Girard＇s four patterns of scapegoatism, namely, social and cultural crises and social confusion caused by slavery, trouble-makers＇crimes committed by Beloved＇s revenge on Sethe, a black female slave as the mark of a selected scapegoat and the violence from the sawing of Beloved＇s neck and the banishment of Beloved by the black community.