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1、TheBluestEye(Excerpts)byToniMorrisonGuidetoReadingWhenwediscusscontemporaryAmericanliterature,itisimpossiblenottomentionthenameandworksofToniMorrison.ANobelPrizewinnerforliterature,shehaswrittenuptonowsevennovels,makingsignificantcontributionstothedepictionofAfricanAmericanexperience.U
2、nlikesomeAfricanAmericanwriterswhoexposewhiteracismagainsttheblacksinadirectway,Morrison’sexplorationtendstobeintroverted个性内向的:人的特征为兴趣或是盘据脑海的只有自己或是自己的想法;害羞或是排斥;含蓄的;内倾的;不爱交际的;introvertvt.使(思想)内向;使内省extroverted外倾的:对其他的人或环境如与自身相反的或之外的事物感兴趣的;喜群居的或外出的:,focusingontherelationshipswithinthebla
3、ckcommunity.Hernovelsoftenrevealhowthedominantwhiteculturehasdeprivedtheblackpeopleoftheirownculturalvaluesandthedestructiveimpactthisculturalmutilation毁损;残缺;切断;mutilate毁伤;使残废Herarmwasmutilatedintheaccident.她的胳膊在车祸中受了重伤。Thepilotwasmutilatedintheplanecrashandnowhasonlyoneleg."飞行员在飞机失事事故
4、中残废了,现在只剩下了一条腿。"破坏;把…删改得支离破碎You'vemutilatedthestorybymakingsuchbigchanges.你作了这么大的改变,把故事弄得支离破碎了。hasbroughtaboutamongtheblackpeople.AlthoughmostofhernovelsareapparentlysetinherhometowninOhio,theynotonlydepicttheblackexperienceinthatregion,精选范本,供参考!buttellaboutsharedhumanconditionswithuni
5、versalthemesoflove,death,betrayal,andtheindividual’sresponsibilityforhisorherownfate.Morrison’sfirstnovelTheBluestEye,fromwhichthefollowingtextistaken,tellstheheartbreakingstoryofPecolaBreedlove,avulnerableblackgirl,livinginLorain,Ohio,intheearly1940s.Inasocietywhereblueeyesandwhitenes
6、sareequatedwithbeauty,andtherefore,goodnessGoodnessisthequalityofbeingkind,helpful,andhonest.善良andhappinesswhileblacknessisperceived察觉;理解;发觉;把…看作;认为ugliness,Pecola’sgreatestdesireistohaveblueeyes.Eachnight,withoutfail一定,必定Iwillgiveyouapresentonyourbirthdaywithoutfail.你生日时我一定送你一份礼物。,she
7、praysforprettyblueeyes.Shebelievesthathavingblueeyesisthekeytowipingoutalltheunbearablemiseriesforherfamily—theirhopelesspoverty,theconstantfightingbetweentheparents,thecontemptofotherchildren,etc.Sheimaginesthatwithblueeyes,shewillbecomeabeautifulgirllovedbyeveryone.Inherwild疯狂的;胡乱的