美国少数族裔文学框架中“美国梦”的双重表述——以非裔文学为例

Dual Expressions of the American Dream in African-American Literature of American Minority Framework

谈及任何关于美国的话题,"美国梦"都是一个不应避过的关键词。它与这个国家的建立、发展有着密不可分的关系,特别是与美国人引以为傲的移民文化渊源颇深,因而"美国梦"始终是美国少数族裔文学中一个重要主题。饶有意味的是,美国少数族裔文学对"美国梦"有着相对立的双重表述,本文将以非裔文学作品为代表,浅析"美国梦"在美国少数族裔文学中的两种存在形态以及造成这种文学现象的深层原因。

Speaking of the United States, American dream is always the keyword. It has intimate relationship with establishment and development of the country,especially with the origin of the immigrant culture that American people are proud of. Thus the American dream has always been an important topic in the ethnic minority literature in the United States.It is interesting that there are two contrary expressions of the American dream in American minority literature. This paper aims to analyze the two existence forms for the American dream in the ethnic minority literature and to realize the root of this literary phenomenon,taking African-American literature as an example.