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1、InvisibleMan RalphEllison Backgroundinformation InvisibleMan Textanalysis Structureofthearticle backgroundinformation GuidetoReadingAfrican AmericanLiterature BlackliteraturewasonceaneglectedareaofAmericanliteraryscholarship BlackshavemadesignificantcontributiontoallaspectsofAmericanlife Besides wit
2、htheCivilRightMovement sdevelopmentin1960s moreandmoreblackwritersputtheirconcerntotheiridentity howtosurviveandkeeptheirnationalcharacteristicsinsocietywhichwhitepeopledominated BlackliteratureconstituteamajorforcechangingtheearlierAmericanliteraryworldofthewhitemiddleclass Ithasbecomeanindispensab
3、lepartofAmericanliteraturenow RepresentativeWorksofAfricanAmericanLiterature a RichardWright NativeSon土生子b RalphEllison InvisibleMan隐形人c JamesBaldwin GoTellItontheMountain向苍天呼吁d ToniMorrison TheBluestEye Sula SongOfSolomon Belovede AliceWalker TheColorPurple 艾里森和 看不见的人 艾里森 看不见的人 InvisibleMan 1952 着重
4、探讨的是 寻找自我 这样一个具有普遍意义的命题 我一直在寻找自我 曾有过许多只有我自己才能够回答的问题 我不问自己 却老是去问别人 只是在经过漫长的时间 体验过种种期望遭到毁灭的痛苦以后 我才获得别人与生俱有的认识 我就是我自己 AbouttheAuthor RalphEllison 1914 1994 RalphEllison BornMarch1 1914inOklahomaCityFatherdiedin1917andresultedineconomicstruggleMotheractiveinsocialistpoliticsAttendedcollegeattheTuskegeeI
5、nstituteinAlabamaMovedtoNewYorkCityTooksevenyearstowriteInvisibleManDiedApril16 1994MajorWorks InvisibleManShadowandActGoingtotheTerritory AnalysisoftheInvisibleMan InInvisibleMan Ellisondepictsablackindividualsearchingforhisidentityorplaceinsociety Forexample whentheyoungblackmenareintheBattleRoyal
6、 theyareforcedtowatchanudewhitewomandance Thewhiteobserversabusetheseyoungblackmenfornotwatchingandalsoabusethemforwatching Theseblackfellowsdonotknowhowtheyareexpectedtobehave therefore theydonotknowtheirplaceinsociety BattleRoyal Battleroyal inthedictionary 1 n pl battlesroyal Abattleinvolvingmany
7、combatants 混战 许多斗士 参赛者参与 2 Afighttothefinish 决斗战 殊死战3 hereitmeansabattleinvolvingmanyblackboys fightingindisorder untilonlyoneisleft Battleroyalswereusuallyfoughtamongblackfighters Theseeventsoftentookplacebeforeformalfightsstarted Thewinnerwouldcollectafewcoinstossedtohimbythespectatorsattheconclus
8、ionofthefight BattleRoyal BattleRoyal Battleroyalsbecamecommonplaceattractionswiththeresurgingofboxingin19thcenturyAmerica IntheAmericanSouth thebattleroyalwasaritualandusedtobebenignlyfoughtamongNegrokidsthemselves Butwhentheracialthingentered andwhenthenotionofwhitesuperioritywasintroduced thebatt
9、leroyalwastwistedintosomethingelse BattleRoyal Takethe BattleRoyal passageinmynovel wheretheboysareblindfoldedandforcedtofighteachotherfortheamusementofthewhiteobservers ThisisavitalpartofbehaviorpatternintheSouth whichbothNegroesandwhitesthoughtlesslyaccept Thepatternswerealreadythereinsociety soth
10、atallIhadtodowaspresenttheminabroadercontextofmeaning RalphEllison Textorganization Part1 para1 theopeningPart2 para2 historicalbackgroundofthestoryPart3 para3 thetremendouseffectofthegrandfather swordsuponthenarratorPart4 paras4 90 themainbodyofthebattleroyalincidentPart5 paras91 94 theending Texto
11、rganization Part4 paras4 90 themainbodyofthebattleroyalincidentsetting people 4 5 thenakedwhitegirl sdance 6 9 5thefightitself 10 28 subsectionsthegrabbingfortheprizemoney 29 46 thenarrator sspeech 47 90 Textanalysis Whatisthefunctionofparagraph1 1 Bysaying Itgoesalongwayback sometwentyyears theauth
12、ortellsusthatthestorytookplaceinthepast Thisisacommonwayoftellingastory Thenarratorhasreachedacertainstageofhis herlifewhenhe shedeemsitnecessarytolookbackatapasteventthatwasmeaningtohim her Textanalysis paragraph1Wordslike Iwaslookingformyself and Iamnobodybutmyself pointoutthecentralthemeofthenove
13、l searchingforself identity Ittookmealongtimeandmuchpainfulboomeranging butmyself boomeranging aboomerangisacurvedstickfromAustraliathatfilesinacircleandcomesbacktoyouwhenyouthrowit Hereitisusedmetaphorically implyingthatthenarratormovedinacircleandcamebacktowherehehadstarted Thisideaofcirclingisals
14、oexpressedintheProloguewherethenarratorsays theendisinthebeginning Themeaningofthesentence IttookmealongtimetogetridofillusionsandrealizethesimpleandapparenttruththatIamnobodybutmyself Itwasapainfulprocess Istartedwithhighexpectationsonlytobedeeplydisappointedandthoroughlydisillusioned 我花了很长时间 兜了许多痛
15、苦的圈子 才明白别人生来就明白的一个道理 我就是我自己 但首先我得发现我是一个隐形人 ButfirstIhadtodiscoverthatIamaninvisibleman InvisibleManisthetitleofthenovel andinvisibilityisoneofthecentralmotifsofthiswork Theword invisible isusedfiguratively meaningnotbeingrecognizedbysociety TodiscoverthatIamaninvisiblemanisthefirststeptowardsrealizi
16、ngwhoIam Thebattleroyalsceneestablishesinvisibilityasamajorsymbolofthenovel Textanalysis WhatisParagraph2about Thisparagraphtellsusabitaboutthehistoricalbackgroundagainstwhichthestorytookplace Italsointroducesanewcharacter thenarrator sgrandfather Onhisdeathbed hesaidsomethingthatalarmedandpuzzledthewholefamily AndyetIamnofreakofnature norofhistory freak anabnormalpersontheimpliedmeaningofthesentence By nofreakofnature thenarratormeansthatheisperfectlynormalphysically Norofhistory meansheisanatu
