托尼・莫裏森的小說《慈悲》講述一個發生在十七世紀殖民時代美國的故事,此時蓄奴制處於萌芽階段,種族和性別衝突開始出現。本文運用黑人女性立場理論,主要分析故事主人公弗洛倫絲及其經歷,探討其如何從一個柔弱和無知的小女孩轉變為一個堅強和獨立女人。白人女孩簡和鐵匠在故事中扮演黑人女性立場理論中圈內局外人的角色,他們在弗洛倫絲的自我身份構建中起到舉足輕重的作用,幫助她拋棄了舊的、錯誤的立場,樹立起一個全新的看待自己、看待社會邊緣群體、看待蓄奴制的立場,最終重新定義和評價自己作為黑人女性的身份。最後,通過在奴隸主雅各的大房子裏寫下自己的經歷,弗洛倫絲將一個非籍女性奴隸的觀點,注入白人男性至上的社會主流意識中,而這新的知識使得社會邊緣女性的聲音不再被忽視。
Abstract
Toni Morrison's A Mercy unveils the history during the colonial period of the 17th century when slavery dawned and racial and sexual conflicts rose in the new world America. Mainly centering on Florens and her experience, this paper adopts black feminist standpoint theory to study the black girl's trip that transforms her from a timid and ignorant girl to a strong and independent woman. Daughter Jane and the black smith, who play the role of Outsiders Within, empower Florens by destroying her old understanding of the world and replacing it with a new perspective in viewing herself, other marginalized people, and slavery, which leads to the self-definition and the self-valuation of her identity as a black woman. Finally, through writing on the floors of Jacob's mansion, she adds an African female slave's perspective on slavery to the mainstream white patriarchal worldview. This new knowledge gives a voice to the marginalized colored women.
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A Mercy /
Florens /
Black feminist standpoint theory /
Outsider Within /
Identity
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A Mercy /
Florens /
Black feminist standpoint theory /
Outsider Within /
Identity
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