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1、ScottRemerAPEnglish2*Beproud,myRace,inmindandsoul;ThynameiswritonGlory'sscrollIncharactersoffire.-PaulLawrenceDunbar,“OdetoEthiopia”“CallMeMyName”:TheRoleofNomenclatureinToniMorrison’sBelovedNamesarecrucial,formingthebasisoflanguageitselfandhelpingshap
2、ehowweperceivetheworld.InToniMorrison’sBeloved,inaworldwhereslavesareconstantlysubjectedtothevagariesofwhitesandplacesandpeoplearenotalwaysastheyseem,namestakeonamagicalquality,imbuedwithtotemicpowers,capableofalteringreality.AsMorrisonshows,namingisan
3、integralpartofidentity,disconnectingslavesfromandconnectingex-slavestotheirheritage,families,andpast.WhereaswhitesutilizeformulaicnameslikePaulD,PaulF,andPaulAGarnerasanotherwaytosubjugatetheslavesduringslavery,ex-slaveslikeBabySuggsandStampPaidusethep
4、rocessofnaming,abasichumanright,toasserttheirnewfoundindependenceandtohealfromslavery’sscarstoacertainextent.ThevariousnamesthatMorrisonusesspanagamut,runningfromslaveowner-giventoself-chosen(showinghowmembersoftheblackcommunityrespondtoslaveryinavarie
5、tyofways),butallofthemarereactive–noonehasmanagedtotranscendthelingeringeffectsofslavery.Onanotherlevel,Morrisonusestheprocessofnamingtoshowhowwomenareoppressedinapredominantlypatriarchalsociety.Understandingthetextureandflavoroftheworldtheslavesandex-
6、slavesinhabitiscrucialtocomprehendingtheallureofnamesinBeloved.Itisaworldofwhitedominance,whereslaveownersarenearlyomnipotent,controllingevenwords,freetoabuseandmisusethemwithoutopposition.ThisisseenclearlyinthemonumentalmisnomerthatisSweetHome.AsPaulD
7、ruefullyremarks,“Itwasn’tsweetanditsurewasn’thome.”(16)ThemisnamingofSweetHome,aplacewhichisrepresentativeofslaveryasawhole,demonstrateshowthe1ScottRemerAPEnglish2*corruptionofwhites’moralandethicalcodeshascontaminatedlanguageitself;whitesseekanyoutlet
8、toassuagetheirbloodstainedconsciences,contortinglanguageandnamesthemselvesinafutileattempttolegitimizeslaveryandconvincethemselvesthatslaveryisjustified.Thisself-consciouslinguisticgymnasticscanalsobeseeninMr.Garner’semphasisoncallinghi
