无处可逃:对《人性的污秽》中的生存困境的解读

No Way to Escape:A Reading of the Survival Predicament in The Human Stain

文章从逃离的动机,逃离的结果和无处可逃的原因三个方面进行分析,认为"逃离"是男女主人公不满现实,追求自我价值的一种反抗,而"无处可逃"是美国社会一直存在的种族歧视、民族优越感、男权主义以及美国梦的破灭所导致的进退两难的结局。它预示着现代美国个人、家庭、种族之间根深蒂固的矛盾,以及这种不可调和的矛盾带来的毁灭性的后果。

The Human Stain is about Coleman＇s unusual life who is a black intellectual with light skin but passes as a Jew This paper analyzes the motives, results of their escape, and why they have no way to escape. ＂Escape＂ is a kind of revolt a gainst reality, and a realization of their self values, while＂no way to escape＂ is the absolute outcome of the long lasting racia discrimination, national priority, male chauvinism and the disillusionment of the American dream. It implies the conflicts be tween modern American individuals, families and races, and the devastating results of this kind of conflicts.