Acknowledgments First of all, my profound gratitude first goes to my supervisor, Ms. Hu Yan, for her dedicated and unending commitment of time, efforts, encouragement, and the advice in guiding such an academic novice as me toward the completion of this thesis. I will never forget that she has spared much of her precious time for me, reading and revising my paper.
My sincere gratitude must also be contributed to all the faculty members in the School of Foreign Languages of Shanghai Institute of Technology. They provide me with a firm knowledge foundation of English culture studies. I appreciate their generous help and guidance.35593
Moreover, I should extend my thankfulness to the staff of the library of Shanghai Institute of Technology, who has provided a great convenience to me when I was searching for some professional books.
Last but not the least, my thanks should go to my dear family members and friends. They always encourage and help me when I encountered obstacles. It is their cares and concerns that make my life colorful and meaningful.
Abstract Since the Afro-American were transported to the United States, more than one hundred years passed. During this tragic and bitter period of time, African-American never stop struggle to pursuit their dream. Since the relatively early time, their struggling has been the eternal thesis of the Afro-literature.
Native Son and Invisible Man own vitality in a prolonged period and everlasting value with the epoch-making significance of the figures. Both of them are written with the themes of the blacks. They explore the outlet of the black people in modern American society, and reflect the reality of American society. They attack the white society that turns a blind eye to the existence of the blacks. The ways the two protagonists respond to the society are entirely different. Obviously, their fate is totally different, whereas both of them are on the margin of the society and undergo a process of self-identifying and self-realizing, mercilessly castigating the fact that the white society strangles the black’s humanity. The author will illustrate the paper based on these differences and similarities to further the recongnization of two protagonists and the outlet of the black people.
Key Words: black American dream, self-identity,
摘要从黑人被掳掠到美洲大陆开始，时间已经过去一百多年。回首这一百多年的历史，它是一部写满了美国黑人辛酸与凄凉的伤心史。也是一部美国黑人为自由和平等进行抗争的血泪史。这种永不停息的抗争亦成为美国黑人文学永恒的主题。
《土生子》和《看不见的人》两部作品的生命力经久不衰，人物形象的意义超越了具体的社会和时代，具有永恒的价值。两部作品的主题都是黑人。两部作品都探讨了黑人的命运，提出和人在现代美国社会的出路问题，并真实反映了社会现实，抨击白人社会对黑人的存在疏而不见。两位主人公实现自我的方式及最终的命运都是不同的，但是两位主人公都处于社会边缘，都在梦想追寻和幻灭的过程中确立自我和实现自我，对把人社会扼杀人性的实施进行了无情的鞭挞。本文意在对两位主人公的不同和相同之处进行分析比较，从而对于两位主人公及黑人的出路有更深一步的认识。
毕业论文关键词：黑人美国梦，自我确认
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments.... i
Abstract.. ii
摘要... iii
1Introduction....1
2 Literature Review ...3
2.1 American Dream3
2.2 Black American Dream....3
2.3 Native Son and Invisible Man5
3 Pursuit of the dream6
3.1 Blackness in Whiteness...6
3.2 Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison...8
4 The search for black American identity..10
4.1 Outset of the Dream..10
4.2 Continuation of the Dream..13
4.3 Disillusionment of the Dream..15
5 Realistic Significance..19 从《土生子》和《看不见的人》看黑人美国梦的幻灭:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_33623.html