摘要：

托尼•莫里森是第一位被授予诺贝尔文学奖的非洲裔美国女作家。她的作品大都与黑人女性的苦难和命运紧密结合。1969年，托尼•莫里森发表了她的第一篇小说《最蓝的眼睛》。这部小说以作者的家乡俄亥俄州洛伦镇为背景，讲述了黑人小女孩佩考拉的悲剧性遭遇。她渴望得到一双白人那样的蓝眼睛，经过日夜祈求上帝，最后终于夙愿得偿，真的有了一双美丽的蓝眼睛，但却发现自己仍旧无法摆脱悲惨的命运。本文旨在通过对文本的阅读，并结合当时的社会历史背景，说明故事中黑人女性的种种遭遇并非单纯的源于白人的歧视，而更致命的悲剧确是黑人女性对自身文化以及自我身份的迷失。

关键词：托尼•莫里森；黑人女性；身份迷失；《最蓝的眼睛》

Abstract:

Toni Morrison is an outstanding African American woman writer who was awarded the Noble Prize as the first black woman writer. In her works, she is closely concerned about the plight and fate of the black women. She published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1969. Against the background of writer’s hometown, Loren town in Ohio, this novel tells a tragedy of a girl named Pecola. She is eager to get a pair of blue eyes like the white people. After having prayed to god day and night, she finally realized her dream. But she found herself still cannot get rid of a tragic fate. Through the close reading and the socio-historical background of the text itself, this thesis aims at validating the fact that the misery of the black females in this novel does not merely result from the racism impose by the white people, but the even more fatal and hidden tragedy is triggered by multiple forces which includes the loss of the black female’s culture and identity.

Key words: Toni Morrison; black female; loss of identity; The Bluest Eye

1. Introduction
The twentieth century America has witnessed tremendous social changes. From the commencement of Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s to the sweeping Civil Rights Movements till the 1980s, many African-American scholars, writers and social activities have made a great contribution on racial issues. Toni Morrison, as a major voice of Afro-American literature and a black woman, has shown her unique insight in her works.