BlackAmericanLiterature学习指导美国黑人文学起源于黑人奴隶歌曲,这些歌曲,不论是悲歌还是民歌,倾诉了黑人背井离乡、沦为奴隶的痛苦心情。书写文学最早出现在18世纪,19世纪以后陆续增多。表现形式先是诗歌,再是小说。黑人文学在20世纪20年代有了较大发展,纽约的黑人区出现了“哈莱姆文艺复兴”。休斯(1902-1967)是当时涌现出来的优秀作家。他的作品发掘了黑人古老传统,树立了民族自尊心。到了30年代未,黑人文学的战斗性进一步增长,出现了理查德·赖特的《土生子》(1940)这样的优秀作品。战后黑人文学更趋成熟。拉尔夫·埃利逊(1914-)的小说《看不见的人》和鲍德温的散文,均已达到第一流文学的水平。他们对种族不平等的抗议采取了更细腻、更深刻的表达方式。他们希望人们认识到黑人是具有全部人性的人。60年代之后更有获得诺贝尔文学奖的优秀女作家托尼·莫里森(1931-),将黑人文学推上了新的高峰OverviewNegro:coloured(legallyfree)black(aftercivilrightsmovement)OralTradition(1)songsandballads(2)spirituals:sorrowofthesingers*earlierconditionandlongingforfreedom(3)blues:aftercivilwar,derivedfromworksongsofloneliness,separation,losses,wonderings,love,desperation,senseofdoom(4)jazz:afterWWI,developedfromblues,diedoutintheGreatDepressionWrittenLiterature(from1760s)(1)(1)poetry:religious,enduring,patienttothewhite(2)slavenarrative:autobiographicalexperienceoftheperson(3)1920s:HarlemRenaissance,NewYorkblack,blackdialectandblackfolkloreofthenewnegro.representatives:LangstonHughes(blackpoetlaureate),Huston,ClaudeMcKayWrittenLiterature(from1760s)(2)(4)1940s:RichardWright,RalphEllison(5)50s~60s:alotofblackwritersemergedinthecivilrightsmovement:JamesBaldwin,Brooks,Jones(6)70s~80s:publishingofRoot(AlexHaley),AliceWalkerTheColourPurple,ToniMorrison(thesecondwomanwriterandtheonlyblackwhowonNobelPrize)JamesLangstonHughes詹姆斯·兰斯顿·休斯1902-1969Mulatto混血儿(剧本);TheWearyBlues疲倦的歌声;DearLovelyDeath亲爱的死神;ShakespeareinHarlem哈莱姆的莎士比亚;IWonderasIWander我漂泊我思考;TheBestofSimple辛普尔精选RichardWright1.life2.worksUncleTom’sChildren汤姆叔叔的孩子们;NativeSon土生子;BlackBoy;黑孩子TheLongDream漫长的梦;EightMen八人行TheOutsider局外人(thefirstnovelofexistentialisminAmerica,publishedinFrance)ThemesandSubjectsHiscommonthemeistocondemnracism,urgereform,criticizeevilsofsociety.Hisbooksfocusonracialconflictandphysicalviolence.Theyreviewthedevastatingeffectofinstitutionalizedhatred(hatredbroughtbysocialsystem)andhumiliationonblackmales’psyche.Theyaffirmeddignityandhumilityofsociety’soutcasts.WritingTechniques:Realism,NaturalismHetriestoshowthatpeoplecannotescapefromsociety.Therefore,societymustbechanged.Heisafatherfigure,especiallytothewritersofviolence.AlexHaley亚历克斯·哈利(1921-1992)TheAutobiographyofMalcolmX马尔科姆·艾克斯自传Roots根;Hanning汉宁镇(自传体小说)RalphEllison拉尔夫·埃利林(1914-)1.life2.works:InvisibleMansignificance:Ithasauniversalityoftheme(problemsofallmodernpeople),notonlyregionaldilemmaofexistence.3.attitude:complexityofart,thebestartmakesgoodpolitics,notviceversa.长篇小说:InvisibleMan看不见的人散文集:ShadowandAct影子与行动;GoingtotheTerritory步入文学界JamesBaldwin(1)1.life2.works(1)GoTellItontheMountain(2)NotesofaNativeSon(3)NobodyKnowsMyName(4)TheFireNextTimeJamesBaldwin(2)3.pointofview:Baldwincallsfortheblackstoresorttomeansincludingforcesoastobringaboutthenation*sself-realization.Hesawloveandunderstandingasdifficultbutnecessarywaytoovercomeracialconflict.4.themes:race,homosexualityAliceWalker1.life2.works(1)Once(acollectionofpoems)(2)InSearchofOurMothers’Gardens(womanisminsteadoffeminism)(3)TheColourPurple(epistolary)AliceWalker沃克1944-长篇小说:TheThirdLifeofGrangeCopeland格兰治科普兰的第三次生活;Meridian梅丽迪安;TheColorPurple紫色名文:TheCivilRightsMovement:WhatGoodWasIt?短篇小说集:InLoveandTrouble相爱与苦恼;YouCan’tKeepaGoodWomanDown好女人永不屈服散文集:InSearchofOurMothers’Gardens诗集:Once有一次;RevolutionaryPetunias革命的牵牛花传记:LangstonHughesToniMorrison(1)1.life2.works(1)TheBluestEye(2)Sula(3)SongofSolomon(thebestblacknovelafterNativeSonandInvisibleMan)(4)TarBaby(5)Beloved(6)Jazz(7)Love(trilogy)ToniMorrison(2)3.themes:love,guilt,history,individual,gender,race,religion4.purpose:toempowertheblackpeopletoactforthemselves,torecognizefortheirownworld,ownhistory,ownreality5.stylemanykindsoffactors:naturalism,realism,fantasy,reality,magicalrealismSamShepard萨姆·谢泼德1943-剧本:Cowboys牛仔;TheRockGarden岩石花园;Cowboys#2牛仔第二号;Chicago芝加哥;OperationSidewinder响尾蛇行动;Mloddrama情节剧