invisibleman简介.ppt

Lesson7InvisibleMan,AchievementIn1998,theModernLibraryrankedInvisibleMannineteenthonitslistofthe100bestEnglish-languagenovelsofthe20thcentury.TimemagazineincludedthenovelinitsTIME100BestEnglish-languageNovelsfrom1923to2005.1953-NationalBookAward1992-Anisfield-WolfBookAwardSpecialAchievementAward,Plotintroduction,InvisibleManisnarratedinthefirstpersonbytheprotagonist,anunnamedAfricanAmericanmanwhoconsidershimselfsociallyinvisible.Thenarratormaybeconsciousofhisaudience,writingasawaytomakehimselfvisibletomainstreamculture.Thestoryistoldfromthenarratorspresent,lookingbackintohispast.Thus,thenarratorhashindsightinhowhisstoryistold,asheisalreadyawareoftheoutcome.,InthePrologue,Ellisonsnarratortellsreaders,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”。,InvisibleManaWorldWarIIworkwrittenbytheAfricanAmericanwriterRalphEllison,Asthewriterofthesocialenvironmentinwhichthelimitedcharacteroftheanalysisofhisworksaremostlythesubjectofethnicandculturalconflictsofthebackgroundeffect,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,EllisonstatesinhisNationalBookAwardacceptancespeechthatheconsideredthenovelschiefsignificancetobeitsexperimentalattitude.RejectingtheideaofsocialprotestasEllisonwouldlaterputithedidnotwanttowriteanotherprotestnovel,andalsoseeingthehighlyregardedstylesofNaturalismandRealismtoolimitingtospeaktothebroaderissuesofraceandAmerica,Ellisoncreatedanopenstyle,onethatdidnotrestricthisideastoamovementbutwasmorefree-flowinginitsdelivery.WhatEllisonfinallysettledonwasastylebasedheavilyuponmodernsymbolism.,RalphEllisonInvisiblemansstatue,Majorthemes,ThenoveladdressesmanyofthesocialandintellectualissuesfacingAfrican-Americansintheearly20century,includingblacknationalism,therelationshipbetweenblackidentityandMarxism,andthereformistracialpoli