黑人身份与道德:阿米利·巴拉卡《纪念收音机》中的主题意义

Black Identity and Morality:On the Thematic Meaning in In Memory of Radio

《纪念收音机》体现了美国黑人诗人阿米利·巴拉卡对于黑人文化的思考:一方面,关于诗歌中的传媒力量和黑人身份,即二十世纪中期,以收音机为代表的传媒力量潜在地影响和控制着人们的注意力,美国黑人的身份受到收音机里的言论和流行的资产阶级文化的影响,他们步入失去身份的迷途,分辨不出善与恶,找不到正确的人生方向;另一方面,关于诗歌中的传媒力量与道德主体,即当收音机作为即将消失的媒体,被新的电视技术取代的时候,诗人逐渐成熟,他开始理解诗歌中收音机的双重涵义——种族主义者通过收音机出售关于权利和道德的虚假承诺和虚构的黑人"影子"英雄通过收音机教诗人以及美国黑人把黑色的耻辱转变为对自我的一份来之不易的爱。

In Memory of Radio presents Amiri Baraka＇s meditation on media＇s influences upon the black people＇s identity andthe social morality. Firstly, it is about the power of media and Black identity： in the mid 20th century, thc media rcprcscnted by radio potentially influences and even controls people＇s attention. However, Americans＇ believing the words propagandized byradio, and their seeming unquestioning acceptance of technology and the middle class popular culture create the loss ofthe black people＇s identity, the error of differing goodness from evil, and the misleading of life＇s direction. Secondly, it concerns about the power of media influencing social morality： when radio was replaced by new television technology as a dyingmedium, the poet grew mature and began to understand the dual meaning of radio in the poem. On the one hand, racistsbroadcast false promises of rights and morality; on the other hand, fictional black ＂ shadow＂ heroes use the radio to teach pocts and black Americans to turn black shame into a hard won love for themselves.