浅析《飘》中的黑人歧视主义_英语论文

Discrimination against the Black People in Gone With the Wind

摘要

此论文旨在分析小说《飘》中所呈现的种族歧视问题。论文将围绕小说中黑人的人物形象设置、社会制度中的地位以及北方美国人对他们的看法而展开讨论。在人物形象设置上，作者有意将黑人形象设置成那么对白人绝对忠诚，要么就是愚蠢或暴力，以此来丑化黑人形象。而小说中所呈现黑人在当时的地位也是相当边缘化的。他们既在社会关系中饱受歧视和践踏，政治上也不能享有和白人同等的权利和义务。作者同时通过各种描述暗示解放黑人的北方佬也并不真正的看好他们，甚至在歧视和虐待黑人上有过之而无不及。玛格丽特通过斯嘉丽等人的视角很好地呈现了北方人对黑人利用和对他们的不信任，以此来反证奴隶制的优越性。据此我们可以得出结论，作者对黑人是存在偏见的。而毫无疑问这些偏见都源于作者生活在一个歧视黑人的社会，这才形成了她对黑人存在偏见的态度。

关键词：美国内战 美国奴隶制 黑人歧视 黑奴

Abstract

This paper analyzes the American racial discrimination showed in the novel，Gone with the Wind. It argues that the discrimination is revealed through the novel’s black character image creation, the presentation of the social system and the Yankees’ attitude toward black people. About the black people image creation, the author created various types, including absolute loyalty to white people, stupid and violent knowingly to smear the black image. In the novel, the position of the black people in the novel is also quite marginal. Besides, they have been discriminated against and trampled on in their social relations and cannot enjoy the same rights and obligations as the white people. At the same time, the author oppugns the purpose that the North give black people freedom and points out the Yankees treat them even worse in the discrimination and abuse. Margaret through the perspective of Scarlett, well presents the situation that Northerners utilize black people and they don't trust them. Therefore, it can achieve the aim to protest the superiority of slavery. On these details reveal in the novel, the discriminated attitude comes from the author’s prejudice. She lives in a society which discriminates against black people and that certainly becomes her attitude toward black people.

Key Words: the Civil War, slavery, discrimination, black people

Contents

Introduction 1

1. Discrimination in the Black People Image Creation 2

1.1 The Type of Blind Loyalty 2

1.2 The Type of Being Stupid 3

1.3 The Type of Being Violent 5

2. Discrimination Revealed in the System 6

2.1 Unfair Treatment in Social Status 6

2.2 Unfair Treatment in Political Status 9

3. The Prejudice of Yankees 10

3.1 Untrusted 11

3.2 A Pawn of the Game of Politics 12

4. The Prejudice Adopted by the Author 13

Conclusion 15

Bibliography 16

Acknowledgements 17