摘要
托尼·莫里森的小说以史诗般的宏大叙事、浓郁的黑人文化和深刻而丰富的主题为世人所熟知,一直以来,批评家从多种视角对其小说进行了评论,但仍有未尽之处。在讨论小说中人物的身份建构成败问题上,大多数批评家仅仅从种族主义、性别政治和叙事学角度对其进行阐释,而忽视了其他因素。其实,行走这一普通行为被莫里森频繁使用并具有了双重的文学意蕴,并且成了莫里森小说的主要母题之一。在莫里森的小说中,行走不仅是人物成功建构身份的手段,同时也是人物建构身份失败的原因。
The novels of Toni Morrison are best known for their epic-like grand narrative, intense black culture and profound and abundant themes. All the time, though every one of her novels has been interpreted in numerous perspectives, many moot points still remain to be discussed. When exploring the reasons leading up to the failure or the success of the characters＇ identity construction, most critics just confined their interpretations to the perspectives of racialism, gender politics and narratology. Through close reading, the present paper comes to the conclusion that, being an ordinary act of humankind and tinged with double literary connotations, walking has been frequently used by Morrison in her novels, making it one of the main motifs of her novels; and that the act of walking serves not only as a means of the success of the characters ＇ identity construction, but also as the cause for their tragedy.
出处
《英语研究》
2014年第2期27-33,共7页
English Studies
