摘要
美国女作家朱迪·皮考特小说《伟大的小事》主要描写了美国梅西-西黑文医院这所白人医院里唯一的黑人护士露丝·杰弗逊所经历的医疗诉讼,并几经波折被宣判无罪的故事。小说描绘的露丝和身边黑人群体所遭受的种族歧视,揭示了作者对黑人群体所受不公的关切。小说以白人和黑人群体的和解终结,体现出了美国社会大熔炉的包容和关爱。从杜波依斯双重意识视角入手,探析《伟大的小事》小说中黑人的遭遇和身份意识觉醒,并尝试简析其历史脉络。
Jodi Picoult＇s Small Great Things tells the stor^^ of Ruth Jefferson, the only black nurse in the all white Mercy-West Haven Hospital, and the medical litigation she goes through and her final acquittal after many tortures and much hardship. The racial discrimination which Ruth and her fellow black people have experienced exposed in this no-vel reveals the writer＇s concern over the injustice that the black suffer from. The final reconciliation between the black and the white people indicates the tolerance and care of American melting pot. This paper explores the sufferings and experiences of the black people in Small Great Things as well as their awakening of identification from Du Bois＇s double consciousness perspective and endeavors to analyze briefly the historical context and social injustice which the American black community goes through.
出处
《嘉兴学院学报》
2018年第2期95-100,共6页
Journal of Jiaxing University
关键词
朱迪·皮考特
伟大的小事
双重意识
种族歧视
和解
Jodi Picoult
Small Great Things
double consciousness
racial discrimination
reconciliation
