對所羅門之歌中死亡的探討

1、河北大學碩士學位論文對《所羅門之歌》中死亡的探討姓名：李松玲申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學指導教師：秦明霞20100501Abstract IAbstract Song of Solomon is an important novel of Toni Morrison. It brought the National Book Critics Circle Award to Toni Morrison and establishe

2、d her important place in contemporary American Literature. In this novel, Morrison shows her great concern with the fate of the American blacks and their traditional culture, and she also makes a study on the effect of r

3、acial discrimination on the lives of the black and the white. There are many death scenes in this novel. This paper will discuss the effect of racial problems on the black’s lives and the significance of the black tradit

4、ional culture to the black’s survival by analyzing the function of the death scenes on the organization and theme development of Song of Solomon. The theory of universal connexion will be adopted in the analysis. This pa

5、per is divided into three parts with Introduction and Conclusion. Introduction contains a brief statement about the current situation of research into Morrison’s works and the organization of this paper. Chapter 1 discus

6、ses the function of death in the organization of the novel. Song of Solomon begins with the death of Robert Smith and ends with Pilate’s death. And the story is unfolded from two other death scenes, the death of Jake and

7、 Guitar’s father. The violence in the black’s lives accounts for the excessive death scenes in this novel. Chapter 2 focuses on the function of death in the theme development of the novel. The death caused by racial prob

8、lems will have a lasting negative effect on the black’s lives and also on the white’s lives by deteriorating the racial relation. Jake’s death exerts a profound effect on Macon’s and Pilate’s lives. It does not only dist

9、ort their attitudes towards self and family, and also exerts its shadow on their next generation. Guitar’s life is also great influenced by his father’s death. Out of the hatred for the white, he goes into extremes and b

10、egins the crazy killing to avenge the white. The racial relation is deteriorated by the effect of the death. Chapter 3 looks into the death and redemption of the black. Jake’s acceptance of the name “Dead” instead of his

11、 real name stands for that he deserts his family’s history and the traditional culture which his real name signifies. This desertion leads to his failure as well as the confusion and loss of sense of belonging in their c