论《他们眼望上苍》中珍妮之自我寻求.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 20 论《他们眼望上苍》中珍妮之自我寻求 摘要：佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿( Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960)，是20世纪美国重要作家之一。《他们眼望上苍》是赫斯顿最受欢迎的作品。它第一次充分展示了黑人女子意识觉醒，在黑人女性形象的创造上具有里程碑式的意义，被公认是黑人文学的经典作品。小说描写了珍妮反抗传统习俗的束缚、争取做人权利的一生。本文通过剖析珍妮与南妮、洛根、乔迪和茶点的关系，探索珍妮如何冲破传统世俗束缚、寻求真正自我的心路历程。 关键词：《他们眼望上苍》；佐拉·尼尔·赫斯顿；女性意识；寻求自我 On Janie’s Search of Identity in Their Eyes Were Watching God Abstract: Zora Neale Hurston is one of the most important American writers in the 20th Century. Their Eyes Were Watching God, her most popular novel, is the first work that fully presents black feminist consciousness awakening?in the American black literature. It is regarded as a milestone in the creation of images of black?woman. The novel describes Janie’s life-long struggle against traditional conventions and her search of identity. Through the analysis of Janie’s relations with Nanny, Logan, Jody and Tea Cake, this paper discusses Janie’s growing up from an awkward girl to a mature female who can express herself in her own voice and eventually achieves and surpasses her dream by gradually breaking through the constraint of traditional conventions. Key words: Their Eyes Were Watching God; Zora Neale Hurston; feminist consciousness; search of identity 1. Introduction 1.1 Zora Neale Hurston’s Life and Background Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was one of the most controversial writers in the American literature. When?she was still a toddler, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida, the first all-black incorporated town in the United States.?In 1917, Hurston enrolled in Morgan Academy in Baltimore, where she completed her high school education. Three years later, she enrolled at Howard university and began her writing career. The university’s literary magazine published her first story in 1921. In 1925, she moved to New York and became a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance. A year later, she enrolled in Barnard Although Hurston won a Guggenheim Fellowship and had published prolifically,?she fell into obscurity for a number