《阳光下的葡萄干》中的文学绘图及地理隐喻

Literary Cartography and Geographic Metaphors in A Raisin in the Sun

“文学绘图”贯穿罗伯特·塔利文学空间研究的核心,以地图绘制喻指文学写作,揭示绘制主体与所处空间以及更宏大的空间组织的关系,并探究文学如何表征并建构这一整体性。《阳光下的葡萄干》借由文学绘图探讨人物的绘图动机与行为及其所绘地图中的地理隐喻。汉斯贝里通过绘制黑人家庭在美国地图上的游走路线,分析扬格一家在空间/地方转换中产生的绘图焦虑和由此实现的绘图实践,并揭示他们绘制的这幅地图背后暗藏的种族对立、权力意志和身份政治。对作品中的文学绘图和地理隐喻的分析既是对人与空间关系的讨论,也是对黑人种族存在与未来命运的思考,彰显了汉斯贝里的文学实践和现实关怀。

Literary cartography runs through the core of Robert Tally’s study of literary space,using cartography as a metaphor for literary writing,revealing the relationship between the subject of cartography and the space in which it is situated,as well as the organization of space on a larger scale,and exploring the ways in which literature characterizes and constructs this wholeness.A Raisin in the Sun draws on literary cartography to explore the cartographic motivations and behaviors of its characters in relation to the geographical metaphors of the maps they draw.By mapping the black family’s travels on a map of the United States,Hansberry analyzes the Younger’s cartographic anxiety and the resultant cartographic practices in the space/place transition and reveals the racial antagonisms,the will to power and identity politics that underlie the map they draw.The analysis of literary cartography and geographical metaphors in the work serves as both a discussion of the relationship between individuals and space and a reflection on the existence and future destiny of the Black race,reflecting Hansberry’s literary practice and concern for reality.