ralph waldo ellison (1914 – 1994)

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1、ChapterThirteenRalphWaldoEllison(1914–1994)Blacknovelist.BorninOklahomaCityandeducatedatTuskegeeInstitute.Thoughhispublicationshavebeenfew,hisnovelInvisibleMan(1952)isoneofthemostdiscussedandpraisedbookspublishedinAmericasinceWorldWarII.Inhisotherwritings,includingtheessayspublishedi

2、nShadowandAct(1964),Ellisonexploredtheproblemofidentitywithinthecontextofblackculture.Textstudy:InvisibleMan1stpersonnarrationFlashbackTheme:thesearchforidentityandself-realization.SpecialfeaturesinInvisibleManItisahighlysymbolicandexistentialnovelwhichdealswithanamelesssouthernNegro

3、wholeavestheSouthtoHarlemonlytofindthatheisnotseenasafullyindividualpersonbutacreationoftheeyeswhichlookathim.Heisinvisibleinthatbothblacksandwhitesignorehisindividualityandhisinvisibilityisbothaplightandadevice.Thecharactersarestronglyifsimplydrawn.Thesearecarefullydevelopedpatterns

4、ofimagery:darknessandblindnessvs.lightandvision.Thenovelpresentsthetraditionalthemeofthesearchforidentityandself-realization.Itisnotaracialprotestnovel,butanovelabouttheexistentialistcrisisofmodernman.Ellisonintendedhisblackprotagonisttosymbolizeallpeopleinadehumanizedsocietywiththei

5、raspirationsandfrustrations.Thepublicationofthisbookindicatesthatblackliteraturehasachievedahigherdegreeofmaturitywiththeuniversalityofitsprofoundthemeanditsexquisitestyle.Ellison’sthemesEllisondevelopedracialthemes,butherejectedprotestfictionbecausehewasmoreinterestedintheworldofart

6、s.HeconsciouslyusedtheideasofEmersoninhisfiction,suchasthegreatimportancetheyputonthepowerofthehumanmindtotranscendexperience.Heoncesaidthathedreamedofaflexibleandswiftstyle,atoncefacingthebrutalexperienceofmodernmanandexpressinghope,fraternity,andindividualself-realization.Classdisc

7、ussionWhydidgrandfathercallhimselfa“traitor”anda“spy”onhisdeathbed?(P243,Paragraph2)WhatinnerconflictsareexpressedinParagraph3,P243-244?QuestionstoponderHowaretheblackpeopletreatedinthistext?WhatarethefeelingsoftheblackpeoplelivinginAmerica?Doyouseeanysignoftheir(theblackpeople)walki

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