在绝望中追寻——评拉尔夫·埃利森的小说《看不见的人》

Searching in Despair——Comment on Ralph Ellison's novel “Invisible Man”

《看不见的人》被誉为美国文学的现代经典作品,其作者拉尔夫·埃利森是黑人作家的优秀代表,这部小说结构新颖独特,手法风格多变,主题复杂深刻,涉及到了种族,政治,社会及心理矛盾等方面,它深刻地探讨了资本主义社会中,人(尤其是黑人)的存在与价值问题,强调了在一个未抹杀个人作用的社会中个人的尊严和自我追求。

“Invisible Man” is regarded as one modern classic in American literature. Its writer, Ralph Ellison, is an excellent representative of black authors. The novel has novel and unique construction, various writing styles and complicated theme including racial, political, social, psychological contradiction and so on. It profoundly explores in capitalist society people’s (especially the black’s) existence value and highlights individual dignity and self_pursuit.