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1、Lesson 7 Invisible Man,Achievement In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man nineteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. 1953 - National Book Award 1992 - A
2、nisfield-Wolf Book Award Special Achievement Award,Plot introduction,Invisible Man is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, an unnamed African American man who considers himself socially invisible. The narrator may be conscious of his audience, writing as a way to make himself visible to
3、mainstream culture. The story is told from the narrators present, looking back into his past. Thus, the narrator has hindsight in how his story is told, as he is already aware of the outcome.,In the Prologue, Ellisons narrator tells readers, “I live rent-free in a building rented strictly to whites,
4、 in a section of the basement that was shut off and forgotten during the nineteenth century.“ In this secret place, the narrator creates surroundings that are symbolically illuminated with 1,369 lights. He says, “My hole is warm and full of light. Yes, full of light. I doubt if there is a brighter s
5、pot in all New York than this hole of mine, and I do not exclude Broadway.“ The protagonist explains that light is an intellectual necessity for him since “the truth is the light and light is the truth.“ From this underground perspective, the narrator attempts to make sense out of his life, experien
6、ces, and position in American society.,Plot summary (P102) “我是一个看不见的人，” “请弄明白，别人看不见我，那只是因为他们不愿看见我。” 全书主要写“我”成为看不见的人的经过。在这个过程中，“我”不断地获得自我又失去自我外在世界。既然遗弃我、不承认我，“我”也就只好把目光转向内心世界，来自我发泄和自我发现。在一次骚乱中，“我”跌进一个地洞，就以地洞为家躲藏起来，作深刻的自我反省，翻来复去思考着自己在宇宙中的地位，口述了本书。,“我” 是 美国蓄奴制南方的温顺黑小子，对白人毕恭毕敬，高中毕业时在典礼上发表了一篇阐释进步的秘诀在于谦卑的
7、演讲，十分成功，结果被邀去本镇白人头面人物的集会上再次演讲。演讲前，“我”发现这是一个非正式的男士社交聚会，然后是黑人男孩们蒙上眼互相格斗，“我”也被迫参加，结果被打得眼青鼻肿，满嘴流血，但得照样演讲。“我”的演讲再次获得成功，赢得了一份上州立黑人大学的奖学金。（本课内容，小说第一章） 后来在接待白人校董时，触怒了黑人校长，被逐出校门，开始在纽约四处碰壁的生活，最终成为相对于社会来说的“隐形人”。,Invisible Man a World War II work written by the African American writer Ralph Ellison,As the write
8、r of the social environment in which the limited character of the analysis of his works are mostly the subject of ethnic and cultural conflicts of the background effect, but to analyze back on the cultural context of changing the modem to the post-modem, the artistic value have different explainatio
9、n. 由于作家所处的社会环境所限，对其作品人物的分析大多受到种族文化冲突的背景影响但把作品放在现代向后现代转变的文化语境中，分析其艺术价值会有不同的阐释。,With the status of multiple, subjective intuition, fantastic consciousness, fragments of life and a series of the portrayal of post-modem, the fiction reflected the theme of the modem situation, and showed the status of ab
10、andoned self-lost in the fragments of history and traditional space, so, it is very absurdity of American commercial culture.作者用身份多元、主观直觉、荒诞意识及断片生活等一系列后现代手法展示现代境遇主题，表现被抛弃在传统和历史的断片空间中不确定的自我迷失状态，极具美国商业文化的荒诞色彩。,Historical background,Ellison states in his National Book Award acceptance speech that he co
11、nsidered the novels chief significance to be its experimental attitude. Rejecting the idea of social protestas Ellison would later put ithe did not want to write another protest novel, and also seeing the highly regarded styles of Naturalism and Realism too limiting to speak to the broader issues of
12、 race and America, Ellison created an open style, one that did not restrict his ideas to a movement but was more free-flowing in its delivery. What Ellison finally settled on was a style based heavily upon modern symbolism.,Ralph Ellison Invisible mans statue,Major themes,The novel addresses many of
13、 the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans in the early 20 century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity. 作者写这篇小说，与其说是在为生活在社会底层的黑人鸣不平，不如说是借黑人的逆境来有力地揭示“人”的命运。这一作品既深刻地揭示了黑人的内心世界，也表现了西方世界人们追求“自我”而又不可得的普遍痛苦。,
