试析詹姆士·鲍德温小说《向苍天呼唤》中主人公约翰的成长历程

论文摘要

本文首先对作者和小说做了简短的介绍,然后通过对主人公的分析来探究宗教、种族、身份认同、男性传统、父权等问题。并试图借此来引发读者对诸如生命、成长等永恒命题进行思考。首先,论文通过分析畸形的父子关系探讨了约翰在宗教压迫之下的身份。在小说《向苍天呼唤》中,父权制使人与人的关系扭曲。爱的异化使父子关系演变为彼此间的敌视和仇恨。其次通过分析寻找自我探讨约翰的成长。异化的爱虽具有摧毁的力量,但在约翰的努力之下得以回归。自信的回归是在约翰超越自我和找回真正自我之后爱的体现。最后,需要指出的是,约翰要在家庭和社会中找到属于自己的位置,仍将面临较大的挑战。生活永远不会成功,它只是一个过程;个人生活一直在毁灭和保全中摇摆不定。约翰必须唤醒那已被逐渐忘却的爱,对爱进行新的审视。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Background,Influences and Experience of James Baldwin
• 1.2 A Brief Summary of Go Tell It on the Mountain
• 1.3 Social and Cultural Setting of America in 1960s
• Chapter 2 Searching for Dignity
• 2.1 John and Religion
• 2.1.1 John's Status in Religion
• 2.1.2 John's Convention Behavior
• 2.2 Separation and Combination
• 2.2.1 Divergence and Community of Black History
• 2.2.2 Combination of Self and Community
• 2.3 A Glimpse of God
• 2.3.1 God in John's Mind
• 2.3.2 John and God
• Chapter 3 Searching for Selfness
• 3.1 John's Selfness
• 3.1.1 Black Masculinity Tradition
• 3.1.2 Acceptance of Tradition
• 3.2 John's Consciousness of Selfness
• 3.2.1 Identification and Separation
• 3.2.2 Fragmented Selves and Conflict
• 3.3 Typical Black Community
• 3.3.1 Communities and Selfness
• 3.3.2 Personality and Identification
• Chapter 4 Searching for Self-Confidence
• 4.1 John's Choice between Reliance and Suspicion
• 4.1.1 Reliance and Self-Support
• 4.1.2 Qualitative Change
• 4.2 John's Personal Confrontation
• 4.2.1 Unstable Status in Community
• 4.2.2 Renaissance and Transcending Hatred
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• Works Cited
• 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果