论拉尔夫·埃利森对神话仪式中黑白二元对立的解构—兼论拉尔夫·埃利森文学话语中的祖先在场
摘要
In this paper, traits of post-modernism and cultural studies in Ralph Ellison's texts are discussed at length with Jacques Derrida's ”White Myth” and Roland Barthes' ”Demystification” in order to touch upon two core ideas: One is Ralph Ellison's anatomy of black/white binary opposition in Western myth and rites, and the other is ancestral presence in Ellison's writing, so as to bring to light his literary originality and foreknowledge. Invisibility, as a central metaphor in Invisible Man, is a stimulation Ellison got from his deep brooding of Negro culture and its value, and also marks a shift from Richard Wright's naturalistic protest fiction to modem aesthetic novels and to post-modern novels with subversive features. The new direction is signified by Ellison's deconstruction of binary opposition in Europe and social rituals in Deep South of America. Ralph Ellison's continuing belief in American amalgamation when ”ethnic integrity” overshadowed the ”melting pot” as a cultural touchstone, and his rediscovery and reinterpretation of myth and ritual significantly represent his cultural vision in his literary writing, and also a persuasive rectification from the prevailing writing in sociological perspective, while ancestral presence in his writing conduces to the American racists' reexamining American identity and American culture, which helps to decode the genuine significance of the twisted meaning of ”invisibility”.