invisible-man简介-ppt

Lesson7InvisibleManAchievementIn1998,theModernLibraryrankedInvisibleMannineteenthonitslistofthe100bestEnglish-languagenovelsofthe20thcentury.TimemagazineincludedthenovelinitsTIME100BestEnglish-languageNovelsfrom1923to2005.1953-NationalBookAward1992-Anisfield-WolfBookAwardSpecialAchievementAwardPlotintroductionInvisibleManisnarratedinthefirstpersonbytheprotagonist,anunnamedAfricanAmericanmanwhoconsidershimselfsociallyinvisible.Thenarratormaybeconsciousofhisaudience,writingasawaytomakehimselfvisibletomainstreamculture.Thestoryistoldfromthenarrator'spresent,lookingbackintohispast.Thus,thenarratorhashindsightinhowhisstoryistold,asheisalreadyawareoftheoutcome.InthePrologue,Ellison'snarratortellsreaders,Iliverent-freeinabuildingrentedstrictlytowhites,inasectionofthebasementthatwasshutoffandforgottenduringthenineteenthcentury.Inthissecretplace,thenarratorcreatessurroundingsthataresymbolicallyilluminatedwith1,369lights.Hesays,Myholeiswarmandfulloflight.Yes,fulloflight.IdoubtifthereisabrighterspotinallNewYorkthanthisholeofmine,andIdonotexcludeBroadway.Theprotagonistexplainsthatlightisanintellectualnecessityforhimsincethetruthisthelightandlightisthetruth.Fromthisundergroundperspective,thenarratorattemptstomakesenseoutofhislife,experiences,andpositioninAmericansociety.Plotsummary(P102)——“我是一个看不见的人，”“请弄明白，别人看不见我，那只是因为他们不愿看见我。”全书主要写“我”成为看不见的人的经过。在这个过程中，“我”不断地获得自我又失去自我外在世界。既然遗弃我、不承认我，“我”也就只好把目光转向内心世界，来自我发泄和自我发现。在一次骚乱中，“我”跌进一个地洞，就以地洞为家躲藏起来，作深刻的自我反省，翻来复去思考着自己在宇宙中的地位，口述了本书。“我”是美国蓄奴制南方的温顺黑小子，对白人毕恭毕敬，高中毕业时在典礼上发表了一篇阐释进步的秘诀在于谦卑的演讲，十分成功，结果被邀去本镇白人头面人物的集会上再次演讲。演讲前，“我”发现这是一个非正式的男士社交聚会，然后是黑人男孩们蒙上眼互相格斗，“我”也被迫参加，结果被打得眼青鼻肿，满嘴流血，但得照样演讲。“我”的演讲再次获得成功，赢得了一份上州立黑人大学的奖学金。（本课内容，小说第一章）后来在接待白人校董时，触怒了黑人校长，被逐出校门，开始在纽约四处碰壁的生活，最终成为相对于社会来说的“隐形人”。InvisibleManaWorldWarIIworkwrittenbytheAfricanAmericanwriterRalphEllisonAsthewriterofthesocialenvironmentinwhichthelimitedcharacteroftheanalysisofhisworksaremostlythesubjectofethnicandculturalconflictsofthebackgroundeffect,buttoanalyzebackontheculturalcontextofchangingthemodemtothepost-modem,theartisticvaluehavedifferentexplaination.由于作家所处的社会环境所限，对其作品人物的分析大多受到种族文化冲突的背景影响．但把作品放在现代向后现代转变的文化语境中，分析其艺术价值会有不同的阐释。Withthestatusofmultiple,subjectiveintuition,fantasticconsciousness,fragmentsoflifeandaseriesoftheportrayalofpost-modem,thefictionreflectedthethemeofthemodemsituation,andshowedthestatusofabandonedself-lostinthefragmentsofhistoryandtraditionalspace,so,itisveryabsurdityofAmericancommercialculture.作者用身份多元、主观直觉、荒诞意识及断片生活等一系列后现代手法展示现代境遇主题，表现被抛弃在传统和历史的断片空间中不确定的自我迷失状态，极具美国商业文化的荒诞色彩。HistoricalbackgroundEllisonstatesinhisNationalBookAwardacceptancespeechthatheconsideredthenovel'schiefsignificancetobeitsexperimentalattitude.Rejectingtheideaofsocialprotest—asEllisonwouldlaterputit—hedidnotwanttowriteanotherprotestnovel,andalsoseeingthehighlyregardedstylesofNaturalismandRealismtoolimitingtospeaktothebroaderissuesofraceandAmerica,Ellisoncreatedanopenstyle,onethatdidnotrestricthisideastoamovementbutwasmorefree-flowinginitsdelivery.WhatEllisonfinallysettledonwasastylebasedheavilyuponmodernsymbolism.RalphEllisonInvisibleman'sstatueMajorthemesThenoveladdressesmanyofthesocialandintellectualissuesfacingAfrican-Americansintheearly20century,includingblacknationalism,therelationshipbetweenblackidentityandMarxism,andthereformistracialpoliciesofBookerT.Washington,aswellasissuesofindividualityandpersonalidentity.作者写这篇小说，与其说是在为生活在社会底层的黑人鸣不平，不如说是借黑人的逆境来有力地揭示“人”的命运。这一作品既深刻地揭示了黑人的内心世界，也表现了西方世界人们追求“自我”而又不可得的普遍痛苦。