简析《最蓝的眼睛》中布莱德拉夫一家的悲剧根源_英语论文

An Analysis of the Root of the Breedloves’Tragedy in The Bluest Eye

摘要

托尼·莫里森的《最蓝的眼睛》出版于1970年，这本小说主要讲述了一个黑人女孩佩克拉·布莱德拉夫被自己的同学甚至父母嘲笑、冷落，于是她的一生都在渴望有一双蓝色的眼睛，因为她认为只要蓝色的眼睛能把自己从绝望的生活中拯救出来。这部小说除了佩克拉的悲剧，还讲述了佩克拉的母亲保琳的悲剧，佩克拉的父亲乔利的悲剧，黑人民族的悲剧等。本文从种族歧视、文化歧视和性别歧视等三重歧视的角度对布莱德拉夫一家的悲剧进行分析，意在指出美国社会中的三重歧视是诱发黑人悲剧的根源。

关键词: 悲剧；种族歧视；文化歧视；性别歧视

Abstract

The Bluest Eye is written by Toni Morrison and published in 1970. It talks about the tragedy of a black girl, Pecola Breedlove, who is teased and desolated by classmates and even her parents. So she is always eager for a pair of blue eyes, which she thinks can save her from the miserable life. Beside Pecola’s tragedy, there are other tragedies, such as her mother Pauline’s tragedy, her father Cholly’s tragedy, other black people’s tragedies etc. Through analyzing the Breedloves’ tragedy, this thesis is intended to point out the root of the Black’s tragedies are racial discrimination, cultural discrimination and gender discrimination in American society.

Keywords: tragedy; racial discrimination; cultural discrimination; gender discrimination

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. A Brief Introduction to Racial, Cultural and Gender Discrimination 3

4. An Analysis of the Root of the Breedloves’ Tragedy 4

4.1 Racial discrimination 5

4.2 Cultural discrimination 6

4.3 Gender discrimination 8

5. Conclusion 10

Works Cited 12