斯托和赖特小说中的美国黑人

哈里叶特.比彻.斯托的长篇小说《汤姆叔叔的小屋》和理查德.赖特《汤姆叔叔的孩子们》产生于两个不同时代,出自两个不同种族作家的手笔。但小说对黑人与白人关系的描写,在一定程度上反映了美国社会种族关系演变的轨迹。从中可以看出:在奴隶制时代,黑人作为白人的“财产”,虽然受到种种残暴对待,但也能获得一些白人的同情和帮助;而黑人在获得自由以后,白人的歧视和迫害反而加剧,种族关系完全笼罩在仇恨和暴力的阴影下。

The African Americans in stowe''''s and Wright''''s Novels

Although Uncle Tom's Cabin and Uncle Tom's Children,written by two different ethnic writers,were published in two different times,they,to some extent,can be deemed as representations of the track of development of race relations in the American society through describing the interaction between the Black and the White in different periods.From them,we can see that in the time of slavery,the blacks,treated as "properties" of the whites,got some sympathies and help from some whites besides their sufferings as slaves,but after the emancipation the blacks encountered more aggravated discrimination and persecution.The race relations were totally under the shadow of hatred and violence.