莫里森《家》的艺术特色解析_英语论文

An Analysis of the Artistic Features in Home by Toni Morrison

摘要

托尼·莫里森是最杰出的美国当代作家、最有影响的非裔美国作家之一。她以精湛的叙事技巧和特有的艺术手法，描述黑人种族的生存状态，表达了对其深刻的思考。本文主要从三个方面对莫里森小说《家》的艺术特色进行评析：细节描写、片段式叙述以及修辞手法。了解作品《家》的艺术特色，不仅有助于更好的理解作品主题，而且可以帮助提高读者自身的写作技巧。

关键词：托尼·莫里森；《家园》；艺术特色

Abstract

Toni Morrison is one of the most outstanding and influential contemporary African American writers. She expresses her deep thought on the existence of the whole black race in most of her works by depicting the African Americans’ life with her exquisite narrative skills and artistic features. This paper is mainly an analysis of the artistic features in Morrison’s novel Home from three aspects: detail description, fragmented writing, and rhetorical device. Studying the artistic features in Home can help the readers to have a better comprehension of its theme and learn proper writing skills by the way. 

Key words: Toni Morrison; Home; artistic features;

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2.Literature Review 2

3. Analysis of the Artistic Features in Home 3

3.1 Detail description 3

3.2 A fragmented narrative structure and the non-linear timeline 5

3.3 The use of symbol, metaphor, simile, repetition,etc. 8

4. Conclusion 11

Works Cited 13