第二十篇Tales_of_the_Terrible_Past__讲述可怕的过去.docVIP

*第二十篇Tales故事、传说 of the Terrible Past 讲述可怕的过去 It is not the job of fiction 小说writers to analyze and interpret 诠释history. Yet by writing about the past in a vivid 生动and compelling 引人入胜的manner方式，storytellers can bring earlier eras时代 to life and force readers to consider them seriously. Among those taking on the task 作业、苦差使of recounting 详述history are some black writers who attempt to examine检查 slavery奴隶制度 from different points of view. 分析和诠释历史并不是小说家的工作。然而通过用一种生动有趣的方式来描写过去，小说家 可以重现早斯时代，并引起读者的重视。在叙述历史的作家中，有一些黑人作家试图从不同的角度审视奴隶制。 Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison deals经营 specifically 特有的with the legacy遗产 of slavery in her book Beloved可爱的人. The main character特点 in this novel，a former slave called Sethe，lives in Ohio俄亥俄州 in the years following the Civil War，but she cannot free herself from her horrific恐怖 memories. Through a series of flashbacks倒叙、闪回 and bitter痛苦的 reminiscences回忆，the reader learns how and why Sethe escaped from the plantation种植园 she had lived on; the fate of her husband，who also tried to escape; and finally，what happened to the child called Beloved. Morrisons scenes场景 of torture 拷问and murder谋杀 are vivid生动的 and strongly强烈的 convey 传达the desperation 绝望的of the slaves and the cruelty残忍的 of their owners. 诺贝尔奖获得者托妮?莫里森在她的作品《宠儿》中专门阐述了奴隶制问题。小说的主人公叫塞丝，她以前是个奴隶，内战之后住在俄亥俄，但是她无法让自己从可怕的记忆中解脱出来。 通过一系列的倒序和痛苦的回忆，读者了解到赛丝为什么以及怎样逃出她赖以生存的种植园，她 那同样试图逃出来的丈夫的命运，以及最后发生在叫做宠儿的孩子身上的事情。莫里森对奴隶受 折磨和遭谋杀的场景描写得很生动，充分地表达出奴隶们的绝望以及奴隶主的残酷。 Charles Johnsons Middle Passage approaches接近 slavery 奴隶身份from a different，yet no less violent暴力，vantage优势 point. His main character，Rutherfprd Calhoun，is a neer-do-well饭桶 free black American who stows 无票偷乘away on a slave ship bound for Africa to collect 收集its cargo货物. Put to work after he is discovered，Calhoun witnesses 见证人firsthand亲身 the appalling骇人听闻的 conditions in which the captured俘获 Africans非洲人 are transported情不自禁的. When they finally rebel and take over the ship，he finds himself in the middle -- and is forced to come to terms with who he is and what