双重文化身份的认同之路—托尼·莫里森三部小说的后殖民解读

论文摘要

作为当代美国极具影响力的黑人女作家，托尼·莫里森深切关注美国黑人的命运和前途。文化身份的探求一直是莫里森作品中不变的主题。本论文试图运用后殖民理论中霍米·巴巴关于身份，以及双重文化身份的理论来分析莫里森三部作品《最蓝的眼睛》、《所罗门之歌》和《柏油孩子》中主人公双重文化身份的认同之路，试图了解莫里森对非裔美国人双重文化身份的认同之路的思考。在《最蓝的眼睛》中，主人公皮克拉·布莱得拉夫一心追求美国白人文化身份而放弃其黑人身份，最终无法完成双重文化身份的认同。在《所罗门之歌》中，遵循黑人身份让主人公奶娃·戴德实现了成长的飞跃。在《柏油孩子》中，莫里森纠正了《所罗门之歌》中对文化身份认同过于乐观的想法。除了《所罗门之歌》中的奶娃之外,其他主人公都没有成功地构建双重文化身份。然而《所罗门之歌》和《柏油孩子》中开放性结尾更好地表现了双重文化身份的认同之路是一个复杂的、持续进行的过程，是过去和现在、南方和北方、黑人文化和白人文化协商的过程。在文化多元化的今天，只有黑人文化和美国白人文化的结合，即保留并发扬本民族传统文化中的优秀成分，同时吸收白人文化中进步的东西，才是黑人民族的生存之路。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 中文摘要
• Abstract
• 中文提要
• Synopsis
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter One Postcolonial Studies, Toni Morrison and Her Three Novels
• 1.1 Brief Introduction to Postcolonial Studies and Related Concepts
• 1.2 Homi K. Bhabha’s Concepts of Identity and Cultural Identity
• 1.3 Brief Introduction to Toni Morrison and Her Three Novels
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Comments on and Criticism of The Bluest Eye
• 2.2 Comments on and Criticism of Song of Solomon
• 2.3 Comments on and Criticism of Tar Baby
• Chapter Three Pecola Breedlove’s Quest for Cultural Identity
• 3.1 Struggles between Black Cultural Identity and White Cultural Identity
• 3.1.1 Locating a Place in Culture
• 3.1.2 Efforts to Construct a Double Cultural Identity
• 3.2 Pecola’s Quest for White Cultural Identity and Loss of Black Cultural Identity
• 3.3 Comments on Novel’s Ending
• Chapter Four Milkman Dead’s Quest for Cultural Identity
• 4.1 Milkman’s Gaining Black Cultural Identity
• 4.1.1 Discovery of Names’ Significance
• 4.1.2 Acceptance of Black Cultural Heritage
• 4.1.2.1 Milkman’s Deciphering of African Music—Blues
• 4.1.2.2 Myth of Flying Africans
• 4.2 Struggles between Black Cultural Identity and White Cultural Identity
• 4.2.1 Protagonists’ Migration
• 4.2.2 Fused into Black Community
• 4.3 Comments on Novel’s Ending
• Chapter Five Jadine Child’s and Son Green’s Quest for Cultural Identity
• 5.1 Cultural Identity Crisis of Son and Jadine
• 5.1.1 Jadine—Cultural Orphan
• 5.1.2 Son—Blind Clinging to Black Culture
• 5.2 Struggles for Double Cultural Identity
• 5.2.1 Mutual Attraction between Black Culture and White Culture
• 5.2.2 Conflicts of Double Cultural Identities
• 5.2.2.1 Protagonists’ Migration
• 5.2.2.2 Mutual Rescue
• 5.3 Comments on Novel’s Ending
• Chapter Six Morrison’s Contemplation on Double Cultural Identity
• 6.1 Factors Affecting Cultural Identity Formation
• 6.1.1 Maternal Love
• 6.1.2 Black Community’s Influence
• 6.2 Morrison’s Changing Thoughts on Cultural Identity Formation
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• 个人简历