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1、TalesoftheTerriblePastItisnotthejoboffictionwriterstoanalyzeandinterprethistory.Yetbywritingaboutthepastinavividandcompellingmanner,storytellerscanbringearliererastolifeandforcereaderstoconsiderthemseriously.Amongthosetakingonthetaskofrecountinghistorya
2、resomeblackwriterswhoattempttoexamineslaveryfromdifferentpointsofview.NobelPrize-winningauthorToniMorrisondealsspecificallywiththelegacyofslaveryinherbookBeloved.Themaincharacterinthisnovel,aformerslavecalledSethe,livesinOhiointheyearsfollowingtheCivilW
3、ar,butshecannotfreeherselffromherhorrificmemories.Throughaseriesofflashbacksandbitterreminiscences,thereaderlearnshowandwhySetheescapedfromtheplantationshehadlivedon;thefateofherhusband,whoalsotriedtoescape:andfinally,whathappenedtothechildcalledBeloved
4、.Morrison’sscenesoftortureandmurderarevividandstronglyconveythedesperationoftheslavesandthecrueltyoftheirowners.CharlesJohnson’sMiddlePassageapproachesslaveryfromadifferent,yetnolessviolent,vantagepoint.Hismaincharacter,RutherfordCalhoun,isane’er-do-wel
5、lfreeblackAmericanwhostowsawayonaslaveshipboundforAfricatocollectits“cargo”.Puttoworkafterheisdiscovered,CalhounwitnessesfirsthandtheappallingconditionsinwhichthecapturedAfricansaretransported.Whentheyfinallyrebelandtakeovertheship,hefindshimselfinthemi
6、ddle–andisforcedtocometotermswithwhoheisandwhathisvaluesare.NeitherBelovednorMiddlePassageisaneasyread,butbothexemplifyAfricanAmericanwriters’attemptstobringsignificanthistoricalsituationsaliveforamodernaudience.词汇：Interpretv．解释，翻译desperationn．绝望的境地Reco
7、untv.叙述capturev．俘获Slaveryn．奴隶制度注释：1.Yetbywritingaboutthepastinavividandcompellingmanner,storytellerscanbringearliererastolifeandforcereaderstoconsiderthemseriously．然而通过用一种生动有趣的方式来描写过去，小说家可以将早期时代重现，并引起读者的重视。2.Hismaincharacter,RutherfordCalhoun,isane’er-d
8、o-wellfreeblackAmericanwhostowsawayonaslaveshipboundforAfricatocollectits“cargo”．他的主人公叫做RutherfordCalhoun，是一个游手好闲，身份自由的美国黑人。他偷偷登上了一艘开往非洲贩卖奴隶的船只。GoalofAmericanEducationEducationisanenormousandexpensivepartofAmericanlife.Itssizeism
