《宠儿》中黑人女性自我意识的觉醒_英语论文

Black Women’s Awakening in Beloved

摘要

托尼莫里森是当今最负盛名的美国非裔作家之一，1993年获得诺贝尔文学奖，成为历史上第一位获此殊荣的黑人女性作家，她的代表作《宠儿》被誉为是美国文学作品的经典。本文将从三代不同黑人女性的经历开始探讨黑人女性自我意识的觉醒。贝比萨格斯作为黑人女性奴隶寻求自由的先驱者，她通过“空间林地”布道号召黑人群众珍爱自己，获得了自我意识的初步觉醒；塞丝作为第二代黑人女性奴隶的代表，她用杀婴这种极端方式来捍卫自己作为人和母亲的身份；丹芙是第三代黑人女性的代表，她通过勇敢的走出124号并向黑人社区寻求帮助，从性格孤僻，到逐渐成熟，再到独立，她获得了全方位的觉醒。莫里森指出，黑人女性克服了种种桎梏最终获得了身心完整的自由，这是一代又一代黑人女性不断努力的结果。

关键词：宠儿；托尼莫里森；自我意识；觉醒

Abstract

Toni Morrison, one of the most acclaimed African-American living writers, got her Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, it was the first time the prize given to a black woman writer，her master work Beloved has been regarded as a classic American literature. The thesis will focus on the study of black women’s awakening based upon the experience of three different generations of black female. Baby Suggs, as the first generation of female slaves to search for freedom, she realized the primary awakening though praying in the Clearing to call upon the black people to love and appreciate themselves; Sethe, as the second generation of female slaves to resist against social system, she took the extreme way of infanticide to safeguard her identity as a human and mother; Denver, as the third generation of female to build up self, she got the all-round awakening, from being a lonely and shy girl to becoming mature and living independently. Black women have undergone many obstacles to get both physical and spiritual free, and it’s the task of generations.

Key words: Beloved; Toni Morrison; self-consciousness; awakening