理查德·赖特《即将成人》的成长主题

On the Initiation Theme in Richard Wright's The Man Who was Almost a Man

《即将成人》是理查德·赖特的一部著名短篇小说,也是一部关于美国黑人青少年的成长小说。运用成长小说理论,通过分析主人公戴维·桑德斯的成长经历和成长过程,探讨成长主题在《即将成人》中的主要体现,试图从新的视角解读作家的创作意图和文学主张。

The Man Who was Almost a Man is one of Richard Wright＇s well-known short stories, also a story of initiation about American black adolescents, who was acknowledged as father of American black writers in post world War II. Straightforward as it is, this story contains abundant connotations of theme. However, less attention has been paid to the theme of initiation in this story. This paper, in application to the theory of initiation, through analysis of the protagonist Dave Saunders＇ experiences and process of growth, it attempts to explore the embodiments of initiation theme in this short story aiming at interpreting Richard Wright＇s writing intentions and literary opinions.