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1、ToniMorrison,Beloved"Itwasnotastorytopasson"Belovedisnolessobsessedwithnarrativesandnarrationthanaretheothernovelsanalyzedinmystudy.Itpoignantlydramatizesatensionbetweentheblockingofstorytellinganditseruption,exploringtheaccesspotentialofnarrationinrecovering
2、therepressedpast,retrievingmemory,andfightingthesuppressionofindividualandcommunalvoice.NorisBelovednaiveaboutthepossibilityofrepresentation.Onthecontrary,itisasfullyawareastheothernovelsoftheproblematicnatureofstoriesbasedonpreviousstories,themselvesderiving
3、fromstillearlierstories,aswellasoftheelementsofcreationandfictionalitywhichnecessarilycharacterizeanyat1tempttorecoverapast.Similarly,thenovelispainfullyconsciousthatsubjectivityisfragileingeneralandbecomesevenmoresounderthecruelconditionsofslavery.Outofthisp
4、redicament(andbecauseofit?),however,Belovedattemptsahesitantrehabilitationofrepresentationandsubjectivityvianarration.Indeed,itdoesnottryonlytorehabilitatesubjectivity,buttogobeyondit.Fromthepositionofsubjects,intheruthlessandracial.senseofbeing"insubjection,
5、"thecharactersyearnforwhatthe104ToniMorrison,Beloved105novelinadeliberateapproximationtothehumanistviewcallsa"self."WhereasThruandCompany,eachinitsownway,movedfromselftosubject,Beloveddramatizessubjectsinsearch2ofselves.Inthiscomplexattemptataretrievalthatinc
6、orporatesdestabilizinginsights,Belovedemploysmanymodernistandpostmod3ernisttechniquesofnarrationforpurposesdifferentfromtheirs.Aswehaveseen,themultiplicationofnarrativelevelsoftenenactsadoubtaboutthepossibilityofreachingrealityandconstitutingaself.ButinBelove
7、dthemultiplicationoflevels(andnear4levels)operatesinsteadasanaccesstoself.Similarly,ambiguity,thegenreofthefantastic,andmagicalrealismareoftenemployedinmodernistandpostmodernistnovelsfornonrepresentational,self-reflexivepurposes.Bycontrast,inBelovedthesestrat
8、egiesaresubordinatetotheattempt(andthedifficulty)ofmakingbelievabletheunbelievablehorrorsofslavery,oftryingtorepresentanunbearablereality.Theendeavortoregainpreviouslydismantledpossibilit