论《宠儿》中保罗·D的自我突破之旅

On the Self-Breakthrough of Paul D in Beloved

运用约瑟夫·坎贝尔的单一神话理论研究了托妮·莫里森《宠儿》中保罗·D从"甜蜜之家"逃离、流浪和回归的历程,揭示了小说中英雄叙事的普遍特征,即"启蒙——启程——归来"。通过聚焦保罗·D的历程,可以发现保罗·D这个人物具有神话般的英雄色彩,他接受了自由的召唤开启了逃离奴役的冒险,在接受了外在世界的严峻考验后与塞丝相会,最终超越归来的阈限与塞丝在精神上交融。小说通过表现保罗·D的突破自我阈限的旅程,向读者表现了真正的英雄是雌雄同体的主题。

By applying the theory of monomyth by Joseph Campbell into the research of Toni Morrison’s Beloved,this paper studies the character Paul D’s escape from Sweet Home,his exile and his return,revealing the common feature of heroic narrative pattern in the novel,which is separation,initiation and return of the hero.By focusing on Paul D’s Journey,we can find that Paul D,as a mythical heroic character,accepts the call of freedom to start the adventure of escaping from slavery,meets Sethe after the severe test of the external world,and finally crosses the return threshold to blend with spiritually.The novel coveys to the readers the theme that true hero is androgynous through Paul D’s journey of crossing the selfhood threshold.