一个美国黑奴的自由之路  

An American Slave’s Path to Freedom

作　　者：帅立娜 

机构地区：[1]华中科技大学外国语学院,430074

出　　处：《外语教育》2020年第1期244-250,共7页Foreign Language Education

摘　　要：在美国黑人文学中,向往自由与对自我身份的追求是一个永恒的主题。弗雷德里克·道格拉斯的自传《道格拉斯自述》更是完美地演绎了这一主题。本文将主要分析道格拉斯在追求自由和自我身份建构过程中三个里程碑式的重要时刻:掌握读写能力、与科维的肉搏战、租借身体自寻雇主。在这三个重要时刻,道格拉斯一步步获得自由,并且自我身份逐渐发生转变:知识的启蒙使他从牲畜转变为受限的人,与科维的肉搏战以及租借身体自寻雇主则是道格拉斯从身体上抵抗蓄奴制,并最终使他获得真正自由人的身份。The longing for freedom and the pursuit of self-identity is an eternal theme in AfricanAmerican literature.Frederick Douglass’s autobiography Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass is a perfect example of this theme.This paper will mainly analyze three important moments in Douglass’s pursuit of freedom and self-identity construction:mastering literacy,going head-to-head with Covey,and renting body to find an employer.After these important moments,Douglass gradually gained freedom,and his identity also started to change.The enlightenment of knowledge transformed him from livestock to a limited man.A hand-to-hand combat with Covey and renting body to find an employer were Douglass’s physical resistance to slavery,and eventually made him become a true free man.

关 键 词：弗雷德里克·道格拉斯 读写能力 肉搏战 租借身体 蓄奴制 

分 类 号：I712.075[文学—其他各国文学]