1、寵兒的母愛主題【論文學(xué)科】英語語言文學(xué)論文【中文關(guān)鍵詞】寵兒論文；托妮莫里森論文；母愛論文；傷痛論文；愈合論文【中文題名】寵兒的母愛主題【英文題名】On the Maternal Love in Beloved【所屬分類】哲學(xué)與人文科學(xué)，世界文學(xué)，各國文學(xué)【英文關(guān)鍵詞】“Beloved”； “Toni Morrison”； “maternal love”； “trauma”； “healing”【中文摘要】托尼莫里森，一九九三年諾貝爾文學(xué)獎得主,是當代美國文壇一位著名的黑人女作家。寵兒 是她最好的作品之一，取材于一篇真實的歷史文獻報道。但奴隸主捕捉逃亡的瑪格麗特一家時,她手刃自己 的親生女兒。

2、莫里森被這個故事深深地打動,決心找出慈愛的母親殺死自己的女兒，卻聲稱這是解脫,是母愛 的本質(zhì)。在寵兒一書中，莫里森著重描寫女主角,塞斯的心理狀態(tài)，講述了奴隸制下一個奴隸母親的痛苦 經(jīng)歷，探討了在特定歷史條件一奴隸制下的母愛及母愛遭受破壞的程度。本文試圖運用女性主義批評理論, 通過對小說文本的分析，解讀小說女主人公塞斯的母愛的本質(zhì)及其母愛對子女的影響。本論文分為五個部 分:概述部分介紹莫里森寫寵兒的緣由，概述其故事內(nèi)容，總結(jié)評論界對其主題的分析。簡單介紹女性主 義文學(xué)關(guān)于母性的批評理論及母愛的隱喻，為后面章節(jié)的分析提供背景資料。第一章通過分析塞斯的經(jīng)歷 及所受的傷痛，探討了奴隸制是如何影響并扭曲

3、了黑人母愛和（來源:ABCb2論23文網(wǎng)） 莫里森如何讓黑人母親們的身體講述了那不可能講述的事情，從而總結(jié)出塞斯弒嬰的深層原因,是被奴隸 制剝奪母愛的可怕結(jié)果。第二章分析了小說中其他人物對塞斯受到的母愛的傷痛所起的救治作用。莫里 森強調(diào)了黑人社區(qū)對個體的幫助。第三章從奴隸制對偉大母親的顛覆和母女間過密的關(guān)系兩方面來分析寵兒中的母女關(guān)系。筆者認為莫里森表明了黑人母親在文化傳承中的作用舉足輕重,而女兒只有在了 解母親的歷史之后,才能治愈自己的傷痛,更好面向未來的生活。總結(jié)部分說明莫里森通過寵兒中塞斯 的經(jīng)歷，表明了母親是智慧的源泉，子女的保護者，文化的傳承者，將非洲文化一代代的傳遞下去。（來 源:

4、ABCfO論文網(wǎng) ）【英文摘要】 Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel Prize Winner of Literature, is one of the most distinguished black woman writers in American literature canon. Beloved, one of her best novels, is based on a real historical occurrence. According to historical documents, a slave mother, Margret Garner,

5、killed her daughter and tried t o kill herself when the slave owner came to capture them. Morrison is stimulated by the reporting and determines to find what is the essence that a loving mother had to use a handsaw to her own child while claiming it is salvation and maternal love. In Beloved, Morris

6、on centers on exploring the psychology of the protagonist, Sethe, to tell a slave mothers painful experience under slavery system. She also resolves around exploring the maternal love and to what extent it was damaged under the specific circumstance slavery. This thesis tends to analyze the characte

7、r Sethe in the perspective of feminism, focusing on the essence of her maternal love and how her“too thickmaternal love influences her daughters.This thesis will be conducted in five parts.Introduct ion gives a briefpresentation to Beloved, focusing on the plot, the source, and the literary reviews

8、of Beloved. The feminist views on motherhood and the metaphor about maternal love is presented as background information for the following analysis.Chapter One analyses Sethes experience and her maternal loss and trauma, explores how maternal love has been affected and distorted by slavery and how M

9、orrison has let the maternal body speak for the unspeakable and concludes the causes of Sethes infanticide, the disastrous consequence of violated maternal love by slavery.Chapter Two shifts to analyze the other charactersfunction to heal Sethes maternal loss and trauma in Beloved. Morrison emphasiz

10、es the function of black community on healing individuals.Chap ter Three analyses the paradoxes of mother-daughter relationship in Beloved, which concerns with the great black mother subverted by slavery and an over-close bond between mother and daughters. The author maintains that Morrison reminds

11、her readers that mother plays important roles in handing down the cultural heritage, and that the after generations are responsible for remembering their mothers history so as to heal themselves and better face the future.Conclusion shows that Morrison conveys a message that African-American women a

12、re the ground of wisdom and protection, and the culture transmitters who hand down African cultural tradition from one generation to another. TOC o 1-5 h z Acknowledgements5-6Abstract6摘要7-10Introduction10-14Chapter 1The Maternal Loss and Trauma14-37Sethes Trauma from Slavery System14-20The Suffering

13、 of the Slaves14-16Mr. Garners Fake Reform16-18Schoolteachers Oppression on Sethe18-20Sethes Trauma from the Deprivation of Maternal Love20-25Slave MothersTrauma20-22The Deprivation of Maternal Love22-25Sethes Struggle25-33Sethes Pregnancy25-27Sethes Nurture27-29Sethes Monthly Freedom29-30Sethes Inf

14、anticide30-33Sethes Trauma from the Incarnation of Beloved33-37Chapter 2The Maternal Healing37-51Amy Denver: the First Healer37-38Baby Suggs: the Holy Healer38-39Paul D: the Resurrected Healer39-42Beloved: the Main Healer42-43Denver: the Bridge between Sethe and the Community43-4545-51Black Community: the Collective Healer TOC o 1-5 h z Chapter 3Mothe