Ralph-Ellison

RalphWaldoEllisonLife☆RalphEllisonwasborninOklahomaCity,Oklahoma.☆HisfatherdiedwhenRalphwasthreeyearsold.☆In1933,EllisonenteredtheTuskegeeInstituteonascholarshiptostudymusic.☆Afterhisthirdyear,EllisonmovedtoNewYorkCitytostudythevisualarts.ashortstoryentitledHymie'sBull,———Earlylife☆DuringWorldWarII,EllisonjoinedtheMerchantMarine.☆in1952.InvisibleManpublished☆In1955,EllisonwentabroadtoEuropetotravelandlecturebeforesettlingforatimeinRome,Italy.ANewSouthernHarvestin1957.☆In1964,EllisonpublishedShadowandAct☆In1967,Ellisonexperiencedamajorhousefireathishomeinwhichheclaimedmorethan300pagesofhissecondnovelmanuscriptwerelost.☆In1969hereceivedthePresidentialMedalofFreedom﹙美国自由勋章﹚;thefollowingyear,hebecameapermanentmemberofthefacultyatNewYorkUniversity.———Writingcareer☆In1992,EllisonwasawardedaspecialachievementawardfromtheAnisfield-WolfBookAwards.☆Afterhisdeath,moremanuscriptswerediscoveredinhishome,resultinginthepublicationofFlyingHome:AndOtherStoriesin1996.In1999,fiveyearsafterhisdeath,Ellison‘ssecondnovel,Juneteenth﹙六月庆典﹚,waspublishedundertheeditorshipofJohnF.Callahan,aprofessoratLewis&ClarkCollegeandEllison'sliteraryexecutor.———Finalyears☆In1975,EllisonwaselectedtoTheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.﹙美国艺术文学院﹚☆In1986,hisGoingtotheTerritorywaspublished.workInvisibleman﹙1952﹚《看不见的人》又译《无形人》ThefirstnovelinEliison’slifeShadowandAct﹙1964﹚《影子与行动》acollectionofpolitical,socialandcriticalessaysGoingtotheTerritory﹙1986﹚《走向领域》Juneteenth﹙1999﹚《六月庆典》prepareitfor40years,thelastnovelTheme☆Inaesthetics，Hismainideaisthatthenovelistoughttohavemoralresponsibilityforthedemocracy.☆Hisnoveliscommittedtochangethetraditionalblackformulationimageandtoreshapetheblack’shumanity.☆Throughhisuniquestyleandlanguageskillsofhiswriting,EllisonshowthatAmericanblackareignoredas〝invisiblemen〞bythewhite.Hedeclaresthatblackmenshoudfindaroadofselfimprovementandsearchfortheiridentitiesorplacesinthesociety.☆Hiselaborationstotheracialprejudice,totheAmericanliteratureandtheblackliteraturearetrenchant〔精辟的〕styleHeshowsthepicturetothereadersbyhisdetaildescriptionandallkindsofwritingskills.Hemakesthescenevividandtruthful.IntheInvisibleMan,heletthemaincharacter—thefirstnarratortellthestoryfromthebegainningtotheendingHeisgoodatthecombinationthestaticstructureandthedynamicstructure.SymbolismisatoolEllisonusesofteninhiswriting.AllofthesecanrevealEllison’sthehighstandardofhiswritingandthaught.