The Construction of Black Identity in Half-Blood Blues_英语论文

摘要

埃斯·伊多格彦是优秀的新生代加拿大黑人作家，《混血布鲁斯》是她的代表作。她用悲伤的布鲁斯音乐描绘了几位主人公在二战背景下的悲剧命运，展现出了黑人在那个时代的迷茫和无助。本文聚焦这部小说的黑人身份建构，从对几个主人悲剧命运的研究以及布鲁斯音乐与黑人的联系，延伸出埃斯·伊多格彦关于身份认同的一个新概念--后现代身份认同。对后现代身份认同的研究旨在帮助黑人摆脱身份危机，使他们在新的时代里取得身份认同，找到归属感。

关键词：埃多彦；《混血布鲁斯》；身份认同；布鲁斯；后现代

Contents

Introduction １

1.Black identity １

1.1 The definition of identity １

1.2Identity construction ２

1.3 Black identity ２

1.4The images of black in Half Blood Blues ４

1.41Sid ５

1.42Chip ５

1.43Hiero ６

2 The relationship between blues and black identity ６

3 History and black identity ７

3.1The development of black identity ７

3.11The voice seeking in early black literature ７

3.12 The Identity Seeking in Harlem Renaissance ８

3.13 "bad niggers"in Naturalist and Modernist period ８

3.14 Seeking and Revaluation of Collective Identity since Black Art Movement ９

3.2 The black identity in the background of the novel １０

3.21 Before the war １０

Hagenbecks park １０

late 1800s into 1950s １０

3.22 During the WWII １０

3.23 After the war １１

4.Canadian Biraciality and postmodern identity １１

4.1 Mulattoes １１

4.2 Zebra １２

4.3 Postmodern identity １２

Conclusion １４

References １５