正邪博弈——评《哈莱姆之怒》暴力叙事特色

海姆斯利用暴力叙事策略勾勒出《哈莱姆之怒》中的人间炼狱图景。作者首先运用主观暴力叙事刻画哈莱姆人性凶残险恶的恐怖现状。然后运用客观暴力叙事策略揭露客观暴力以更为隐蔽的方式运作并造成哈莱姆黑人人性恶。最后,作者使用解放式暴力叙事抗衡消解主、客观暴力对哈莱姆黑人造成的严重伤害。通过各种暴力叙事,海姆斯探讨人性恶的表征及其根源,直指种族主义对哈莱姆社区生态环境以及黑人人性的毁灭性打击,同时探索在哈莱姆构建正义的可能性。

Himes depicts a landscape of hell in A Rage in Harlem by means of violence narrative.He utilizes the subjective violence narrative to portray the horrible situation of violence and viciousness in Harlem.He then applies the systematical objective violence narrative to reveal that racism leads to evil and survival crisis of the black people in concealment.He employs revolutionary violence narrative to fight against the subjective and objective violences that result in the severe damage of the black people.Himes explores the presentations and origins of evil and condemns that racism strikes heavily on the living environment and the humanity of black people in Harlem and discusses the possibility of justice in Harlem.