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Acknowledgments I have gained a lot during several months of writing the paper with painstaking efforts. It is joyful to discuss with the thesis adviser and those who give me suggestions about the paper, which makes me have more profound understanding of the novel. Also, I have met some troubles and difficulties, so I would like to thank the following people for their dedication and contribution. I can not finish the paper successfully without their warm-hearted help. 32042
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My profound gratitude first goes to Mrs.Yu Jing, my supervisor, who has generously shared her inspirational and provocative ideas during many of our face-to-face discussion sessions. She gives me the guidance and help as much as she can, and does modification for my paper with careful and professional attitude. Also I would like to show my gratitude to the scholars who focus on the post-colonialism and Twelve Years a Slave. I gained much inspiration and assistance from them and their works.
I am also deeply indebted to my teachers and professors at the School of Foreign Languages, who have instructed me a lot during the college years.
Abstract
Under cultural globalization in today’s world, many nations share their unique national cultures with the world. For the black, a group that can not be ignored in American culture, ethnic problem inherited from the long history is one of the hot points that people focus on.
Though the black’s social position has changed a lot, there still exists racial discrimination and many social problems. The essay focuses on an autobiographical novel Twelve Years a Slave written by a free black man Solomon Northup to describe the black statement. Kidnapped, the free black man became a slave for twelve years. The film adapted from it won the Oscar Academy Award in 2014.
The essay analyzes the the black’s culture inferiority, mental distortion and victimization of black woman under the postcolonial perspective, and observes the historical and cultural reasons in order to raise the social attention.
Key Words: Twelve Years a Slave, black, Postcolonial study
摘要如今的世界是全球文化交融的世界，各族人民都与世界分享着他们民族特有的的文化。而在美国文化中，黑人群体是不可忽视的存在，从悠久的历史遗传下来的民族问题是人们所关注的焦点之一。
虽然如今黑人群体的地位相较于从前已有改善，但是仍然存在种族歧视以及社会问题。本文研究了黑人自由人所罗门•诺瑟普的自传体小说《为奴十二年》，探索黑人的生活状况。该小说讲述了作者在被贩卖成为奴隶的十二年中的所见所闻所感，根据该小说改编的电影获得2014年奥斯卡最佳影片奖。
本文从后殖民主义的角度，分析探索黑人群体文化自卑、精神折磨以及黑人女性的牺牲等状况，并从历史、文化等角度寻找原因，从而引起社会关注。
毕业论文关键词：《为奴十二年》，黑人，后殖民主义
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments i
Abstract ii
摘要. iii
1 Introduction. 1
2 Postcolonialism 3
2.1 Postcolonial Theory 4
2.2 Postcolonialism in Literature. 4
3 Loss of Black’ s Subjectivity under Multiple Suppression 6
3.1 Culture Inferiority 6
3.2 Mental Distortion 9
3.3 Victimization of Black Women. 10
4 Multifaced Social Problems with Black Community 13
4.1 Historical Reason 13
4.2 Economic and Mental Problem 14
5 Conclusion 16
Bibliography. 17
1 Introduction
Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and free woman of color. Northup held various jobs, including working as a rafts man.