《最蓝的眼睛》中‘自卑情结’之解读.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 24 《最蓝的眼睛》中‘自卑情结’之解读 摘要：托尼﹒莫里森（Toni Morrison 1931—）是20世纪美国和世界文坛上最重要的黑人女性作家之一。《最蓝的眼睛》是莫里森的处女作，讲述了一位渴望拥有一双蓝眼睛的黑人小女孩皮克拉的悲惨人生，描绘了其所居住的边缘化的黑人社区。《最蓝的眼睛》以其独特的视角及对黑人问题的大胆揭露与反思而引起轰动与争议，并最终获得读者与评论界的肯定。本文聚焦于小说所表现的黑人小姑娘的自卑情结，探讨小说的主题蕴含。 关键词：自卑情结；主题蕴含；《最蓝的眼睛》；托尼﹒莫里森 Interpreting the ‘Inferiority Complex’ in The Bluest Eye Abstract: Toni Morrison (1931—) is one of the most outstanding African-American woman authors of the 20th century. The Bluest Eye is her maiden work, narrating the tragic life of a little black girl, Pecola, who is eager for the bluest eye, and depicting the lives in the marginalized black community. Since its publication, The Bluest Eye stirs up a lot of controversy with its unique perspective, bold exposure and introspection of the Negro Problem. This paper focuses on the inferiority complex of the black little girl and explores the theme of the novel. Key words: Inferiority complex; thematic concern; The Bluest Eye; Toni Morrison On the Theme of Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye 1 Introduction 1.1 Toni Morrison and her literary career Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Morrison received her undergraduate degree from Howard University and a master’s degree from Cornell University. while teaching at university, she married Harold Morrison, an architect from Jamaica. Their marriage lasted six years. Then Morrison moved to She is thought highly as a writer. Her novels are characterized by visionary force and poetic beauty, giving life to an essential aspect of American reality. As for her family, in order to escape racism and to find better opportunities in the North, her parents moved from the South to Ohio. Morrison grew up with songs and tales of Southern black folklore in a family that was proud of their own heritages. All of this has a great influence on Toni Morrison and her later literary creations. 1.2 The Bluest Eye and its Background In the 1960s, the Black is Beautiful movement was prevailing, worki