《宠儿》的畸形母性研究

发布时间：2024-04-09 01:36

　　托妮·莫里森的写作才华是举世公认的。她赢得了众多荣誉和奖项,其中包括美国国家书评圈奖和普利策奖。作为第一位获得最负胜名的诺贝尔文学奖的黑人女性,莫里森为现代文学做出了不可估量的贡献。 莫里森迄今为止最优秀的小说,也是战后最重要的文学成果之一—《宠儿》自1987年出版以来,对它的评论大量涌现,赞赏有加。《宠儿》包罗万象的文本激励着人们对其作出各式各样的阐释。《宠儿》主要讲述奴隶制对黑人母亲挥之不去的可怕的影响,小说最突出的主题--母性,在惨绝人寰的奴隶制压迫下扭曲变形。 许多女权主义者认为母性是女性受压迫的根源所在,而这恰恰和非裔美国人的母性观背道而驰。莫里森的母亲理论是在建立在黑人妇女的经验以及非裔美国人的母性观基础上发展形成的。她将母性定义为黑人妇女的力量源泉而母职则能赋予孩子力量,这与主流文化所实行和定义的母性截然不同。莫里森阐述了母职的四项具体任务是保护,抚育,承载文化,和弥合,而她的作品却是通过描写母爱的缺失造成的畸形母性来揭示其重要性。 畸形的母性主要表现在两个方面,一个是变态的母爱,另一个是不健康的母女关系。畸形的母性可以归因于三个因素:奴隶制,母线的断裂以及社区的排斥。据...

【文章页数】：63 页

【学位级别】：硕士

【文章目录】：
ABSTRACT
摘要
Chapter One Introduction
    1.1 Significance of the Topic
    1.2 Literature Review
        1.2.1 Study of Beloved in the West
        1.2.2 Study of Beloved in China
    1.3 Originality of the Thesis
Chapter Two Motherhood
    2.1 Historical Views of Motherhood
    2.2 African Americans’Ideas about Motherhood
        2.2.1 Othermothering and community mothering
        2.2.2 Motherhood as social activism and as a site of power
        2.2.3 Matrifocality
        2.2.4 Nuturance as resistance: providing a
        2.2.5 The motherline: mothers as cultural bearers
    2.3 Morrison’s Views of Motherhood
        2.3.1 Motherhood as a site of power
        2.3.2 Motherwork as the empowerment of childre
        2.3.3 The representation of black motherhood
Chapter Three Deformed Motherhood in Beloved
    3.1 Manifestations of Deformed Motherhood
        3.1.1 Abnormal maternal love
        3.1.2 Unhealthy daughter-mother relationship
    3.2 Causes of Deformed Motherhood
        3.2.1 Slavery
        3.2.2 Disruption of the motherline
        3.2.3 Community’s exclusion
    3.3 Development of Normal Motherhood
        3.3.1 Development of sisterhood
        3.3.2 Empowerment of othermothers and community mothers
        3.3.3 Strong ties between individuals and the community
        3.3.4 Role of male counterpart
Chapter Four Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
The Author’s Recent Publications



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