Ralph Ellison 拉尔夫.埃里森课件.ppt

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1、RalphEllison拉尔夫·埃里森1914--1994RalphEllisonNamedafterRalphWaldoEmersoninthehopethathewouldturnouttobeagreatwriter,RalphWaldoEllisonwasbornandraisedinOklahoma（美国俄克拉荷马州）Hisfatherwasabusinessmanandconstructionforeman.Hisfatherdiedwhenhewas3yearsold.Hismotherwasadomes

2、ticmaid.Thoughpoverty-stricken,themothertriedherbesttokeephersoninschool.Ralphwassoexcellentinschoolthathewonastatescholarshipin1933tothewell-knownTuskegeeInstitute(nowTuskegeeUniversity)塔斯克基大学tostudymusic.In1936,EllisonmetthewriterRichardWright,whoencouragedhim

3、tobeawriterratherthanamusician.WithWright’sencouragement,Ellisionbeganwritingreviewsandshortstories.From1970to1979,EllisonwasaprofessoratNewYorkUniversity.In1985,hebecameoneofthefirstrecipientsoftheNationalMedalofArts.EllisondiedonApril16,1994,ofpancreaticcancer

4、,buthisworkscontinuetobepublished.In1996,FlyingHomeandotherstorieswaspublishedafterbeingdiscoveredinhishome.Ellisonisoftencriticizedfornotusinghiswritingasapropagandatooltoelevatethe"blackmaninsociety."MainWorksShadowandAct《影子与行动》1964GoingtotheTerritory《走向领域》198

5、6MainWorksInvisibleMan《看不见的人》1952Juneteenth《六月庆典》1999InvisibleMan《看不见的人》AbouttheBookStartingfrom1945,Ellisonhadbeenworkingonit,whichdidnotappearinprintuntil1952.Thebookisaboutanamelessblackman’ssearchforhisidentityandplaceinsociety.ThebookwontheNationalBookAward

6、（美国国家图书奖）in1953andmanyotherprizes.ThemeRacism(种族主义)Lossofself-identity(自我身份的丧失)Thelimitationofideology(意识形态的限制)Seekingindividualidentity(自我身份的寻求)FeatureSymbolismisatoolEllisonusesofteninhiswriting.Forexample,inInvisibleMan,theblindfoldsymbolizesman'sinabilitytos

7、eewhoheiswithinsocietyandtherealityofsociety.Anotherexamplecouldbethecontrastbetweenlightanddark.Lightcansymbolizeunderstandingaswellasthe"good"ofsociety,whereasdarkcansymbolizeconfusionandthe"lowerscale"ofsociety.Thankyou