《看不见的人》与《小癞子》等流浪汉文学的异同

美国黑人作家拉尔夫·艾里森 (RalphEllison)的小说《看不见的人》是流浪汉文学的经典之作。艾里森通过一个黑人流浪汉在寻找自我的流浪中 ,审视自我 ,探求自我存在的价值和意义来反映美国社会中现代人的自我异化和生存困境 ,以及民族岐视和压迫 ,隐喻现代社会普遍存在的精神危机。通过《看不见的人》与《小癞子》等经典流浪汉文学的比较 ,可以领略艾里森创作手法、人物塑造及语言选择的独到之处

The Similarities and Differences between Invisible Man and Other Picaresque Novels

Invisible Man,writen by American black writer Ralph Ellison,is a typical picaresque novel.Through a black picaro's wandering,Ellison described how the hero examined himself,probed the value and significance of existence to reflect the modern men's self variation and living hardship in the American society,to show the spiritual crisis existing in the modern society.By comparing Invisible Man with other picaresque novels,such as Xiao Lai Zi,the readers can have a better understanding of the speciality of Ellison's writing techniques,character portrayal and language diction.