从《长梦》探析赖特笔下的都市空间与黑人生存危机

The Urban Spaces and Black Life Crisis in Richard Wright’s Long Dream

赖特在《长梦》里展现了物理空间、社会空间和心理空间三者之间的内在关联,揭示黑人在白人主导的社会空间里所遭受的政治欺凌和精神压迫。他从黑人社区的地域性、黑人经济实体的脆弱性和警察执法的违法性等方面揭示了黑人社区物理空间与政治空间的密切关系。这部小说并没有刻意渲染家庭空间对女性的束缚,而是从女性气质和传统空间的规约来探讨女性空间诉求的张力。此外,赖特以黑人作家特有的恢弘笔触,描绘了生存空间各异的男性世界,透视他们内心的演绎,把他们的灵魂深处彻底曝光;在放逐心灵的同时,赖特绵密细致地展现男性的烦恼,诠释种族主义社会环境里都市黑人男性的困境与悲哀。

In Long Dream,Richard Wright throws light on the internal correlation among physical space,social space and psychological space,disclosing the political hegemonism and psychological oppression suffered by blacks in the social space dominated by whites.From the regionality of black belt,fragility of black economy and the illegal acts of police,he reveals the close relation between physical space and political space in the black areas.Regardless of the special stress on the bondage to women in familial space,Wright bears his resentment against the tension of inhibition on female space limited by feminine nature and traditional space.In addition,he delineates male existence space of a wide diversity,see through the evolution of their hearts,and publicize their deep souls in a black writer's specific view.In the release of his spirits,he gives a minute presentation of men's fret and a good illustration of black urban men's sorrows and woes in racist society.