迷惘与回归:非裔美国成长小说成长模式探讨

On the Perplexity and Regression: the Growth Models of African American Bildungsroman

非裔美国成长小说大多讲述主人公在成长过程中遭遇文化冲突的困惑,主人公多被"社会疏离",处于"黑白"的困顿与矛盾中,文化的张力塑造着他们的性格。非裔美国青年人所处的双重文化交织场域和其所面临的双重文化困境是成长小说中反映的最为重要的问题,非裔青年的成长过程就是对此问题的不断调试过程。以《看不见的人》和《所罗门之歌》为例对非裔主人公"迷惘与回归"的成长模式进行探讨,指出非裔青年在美国多元文化背景下回归黑人文化传统才能建构真正的主体身份,走向真正意义上的成长。

African American Bildungsroman mostly tells confusion of protagonists who encounters the cultural conflict in the process of their growth. Cultural tension shapes the personality of the protagonist who is ＂social alienation＂ and in ＂the struggle of black and white＂ contradiction. The dual cultural dilemma for African youth is the most important problem in the Bildungsroman. The process of growing up is to adapt and mediation of the problem. This paper takes ＂Invisible Man＂ and ＂Song of Solomon＂ as the growth pattern of ＂lost and return＂ cases of African protagonist. It points out that the African youth under the multi cultural background can construct their true identity. And then, it finds the meaning of growth under the conditions that they return to black culture tradition.