从马歇尔《褐色女孩,褐色砂石房》看移民焦虑的演绎

Changes of Immigrants' Anxiety in Paule Marshall's Brown Girl,Brownstones

马歇尔在《褐色女孩,褐色砂石房》里描写了大萧条时期和二战时期巴巴多斯裔下层移民在美国纽约所遭受的种族歧视和经济压迫,巴巴多斯人及其后裔在美国的生存危机揭示了美国移民的自卑感、精神焦虑及其心态变异,生存需求所导致的焦虑感驱使他们为身份重构而奋斗。马歇尔笔下的人物没有在自卑感中沉沦,而是在自卑感中崛起,勇敢地捍卫自己的合法权益和人格尊严。巴巴多斯裔移民在美国纽约所经历的各种焦虑不仅是他们的个体经历,而且还是所有美国移民生存窘境和心路历程的真实写照。

In Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall describes the various types of racial discrimination and economic op- pression the Barbadian immigrants suffered in New York during the Great Depression and the Second World War, explores the living crises of Barbadian immigrants and their offspring, and unveils their self-abasement, psychic anxiety and other types of psychological changes. The sense of the immigrants＇ self-abasement ready for a hasty change of their conditions motivates them to struggle for the reconstruction of their identity. The characters in the novel have not been trapped in their self-abasement, but stand up for their rights and dignity bravely. The various types of anxiety suffered by the Barbadian immigrants in New York are not only their personal experiences, but the true reflection of the living dilemma and mental states of all the immi- grants in America.