荒原与救赎:《最蓝的眼睛》的原型批评解读

Wasteland and Redemption:The Interpretation of The Bluest Eye from the Perspective of Archetypal Criticism

托妮·莫里森在《最蓝的眼睛》中运用后现代主义的创作笔法,以全知全能的叙述者克劳蒂亚的视角,审视白人主流文化及内在化的种族主义对黑人毁灭性的影响。文章以原型批评理论中的移位概念为切入点,解读小说的叙事结构和神话人物的原型移位。在颠倒四季的一套象征文本中,小说通过置换有序的自然循环叙事模式,书写黑人社区的荒原景象和救赎之道,体现了作者对美国当代社会黑人生存困境和种族命运的深刻思考。

By employing postmodernism techniques in the novel The Bluest Eye,Toni Morrison scrutinizes the destructive influence of dominant white culture and internalized racism on African Americans.This article,with the displacement of archetypal criticism in the novel as a starting point,interprets the narrative structure and archetypal myth.In a set of symbolic text of inverted seasons,the writer depicts the wasteland of black community and the way of redemption through displacement of the mythos of cyclical nature.Toni Morrison provides deep insights into the dilemma and racial destiny of the black in the contemporary America.