《最蓝的眼睛》的后殖民主义解读_英语论文

A Post-colonialism Study of The Bluest Eyes

摘要

《最蓝的眼睛》是美国著名黑人女作家、1993年诺贝尔文学奖获得者——托妮·莫里森的处女作。作品以1941年美国黑人遭受的精神奴役为背景，讲述了女主人公皮科拉所受到的虐待和遭遇。小说通过描述皮科拉对拥有一双蓝色眼睛的无限渴望以及后来的精神失常反映出一个白人文化价值观内在化的黑人社区的生活状况。

本文旨在从后殖民主义的视角分析《最蓝的眼睛》中黑人在白人文化价值观下造成的精神的扭曲。小说主人公皮科拉的悲剧是黑人在白人文化压迫下的真实写照。他们放弃本土的历史和文化，盲目地自卑和自我否定，试图抹去自己黑人的印记，从而丧失了自身的主体性，成为一个没有归属感的种族。本文指出黑人只有保留并坚持自己的民族文化，抵制白人强势文化的内在化，才能找回真正的身份和自我，进而重振黑人民族。

关键词:《最蓝的眼睛》；托妮·莫里森；后殖民主义

Abstract

The Bluest Eyes is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, who is a world-famous American-African writer and the winner of the Nobel Prize in 1993. Based on the backdrop of the black’s suffer from mental slavery in 1941, The Bluest Eyes tells a story of a black little girl Pecola who suffered abuse and torture. The description of her longing for a pair of blue eyes and craziness after undergoing torments, the novel portrays the living condition of a black community which has internalized white culture values.

This paper aims at analyzing the mental disorder of the black caused by the white culture hegemony in The Bluest Eyes from the perspective of post-colonialism. Pecola’s tragedy symbolizes the tragedy of the whole black community. They gave up their own history and culture. Meanwhile, they denied themselves blindly, trying to erase their black imprints. Therefore, they lost their own subjectivity and became a race of no belonging. This paper points out that only the black retain and stick to their national culture, resisting the internalization of white culture, can they find their real identity and revive the black people.

Keywords:  The Bluest Eyes  Toni Morrison  Post-colonialism

Contents

Acknowledgements I

Abstract II

摘要 III

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1A Brief Introduction to Toni Morrison 1

1.2 A Brief Introduction to The Bluest Eyes 2

1.3 Literature Review 2

1.4 The Composition of the paper 3

Chapter Two Post-colonialism 5

2.1The Origin and Development of Post-colonialism 5

2.2The Interpretation of Post-colonialism 5

Chapter Three The Negative Influence of the White Culture Hegemony 7

3.1Losing Identity of the Black 7

3.1.1Pecola’s Abandonment of the Black Identity 7

3.1.2Pauline’s Submission to the White Aesthetism 8

3.2 The Internalization of the White Culture 8

3.2.1 The Black’s Shame of Their Birth 8

3.2.2 The Black’s Acceptance of the White Culture 9

Chapter Four The Reconstruction of Black Culture 11

4.1Adhering to the Black Identity 11

4.2 Subverting the White Value 11

4.3 Embracing the Black Culture 12

Chapter Five Conclusion 14

References 15