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湖南科技大学

2008级硕士学位论文

开题报告书

学位类型:

AcademicDegree

拟定论文题目:

“VictoryWithoutDefeatingtheOther”:

CharlesJohnson’sMiddlePassageasanAllegoryofRacialPolitics

研究生姓名:

DaiHuan

学号:

0812113

学科专业:

EnglishLinguisticsandLiterature

研究方向:

BritishandAmericanLiterature

指导教师姓名:

LingJian’e

学院：

SchoolofForeignStudies

I．

简况

拟定论文题目

“VictoryWithoutDefeatingtheOther”:

CharlesJohnson’sMiddlePassageasanAllegoryofRacialPolitics

研

究

生

姓名

DaiHuan

学籍号

0812113

入学年月

September,2008

学院

SchoolofForeignStudies

专业

EnglishLanguageandLiterature

研究方向

BritishandAmericanLiterature

导

师

姓名

LingJian’e

职称

Vice-professor

专业

EnglishLinguisticsandLiterature

主要研究内容

AnAllegoryofRacialPolitics:

anAnalysisofCharlesJohnson’sMiddlePassage

Introduction

ChapterOneEatingtheOther:

dualistracialpoliticsinanoppressor-oppressedsituation

1.1socio-economicandphilosophicalroots

1.2refractionsinCharlesJohnson’sliteraryworld

1.3limitationsanddangers

ChapterTwoLovingtheOther:

awaytogenuinefreedom

2.1socio-economicandphilosophicalconditionsforJohnson’smulticulturalism

2.2idealrelationshipbetweenracialgroupsintheimaginedRepublic

2.3extricationfrombothbodilyandspiritualslavery

ChapterThreeWritingtheOther:

continuanceand

consolidationofracialfreedom

3.1Writingasabattlefieldofvariousvoices

3.2Whiteracists’dominationovertheOtherthroughwriting

3.3rewritinghistoryandreconstructingracialrelationship

ChapterFourThreesuccessivewaysasaphenomenologicalprocessofracialpolitics

4.1Johnson’sphilosophicalandaestheticthoughts

4.2reflectionsinMiddlePassage

4.3anallegoryforthecontemporaryrepublic

Conclusion

II．立论依据

II-1研究意义

{0>IntheimmenseamountofcriticalopiniononEliot’sTheWasteLand（1921）andFourQuartets（1943）,wecanfindconstantreferencetothechangeinhispoetictoneandtechnique.<}0{>骨灰盒科技含量<0}{0>AndthischangewasreflectedinAsh-Wednesdaywhichwaspublishedasawholein1930.Theforeignscholarshavedonetosomedegreecomprehensivestudyonthispoemfromvariousaspectssuchastheimagesandallusions,therhythmandtherhyme,poet’spersonalexperienceandintellectualdevelopment,theechoesofMedievalWritersandofseventeenwriters,thereligiousliturgyandthedivinelove.<}0{>AndthischangewasreflectedinAsh-Wednesdaywhichwaspublishedasawholein1930.Theforeignscholarshavedonetosomedegreecomprehensivestudyonthispoemfromvariousaspectssuchastheimagesandallusions,therhythmandtherhyme,poet’spersonalexperienceandintellectualdevelopment,theechoesofMedievalWritersandofseventeenwriters,thereligiousliturgyandthedivinelove.<0}

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Ash-Wednesdaymarksaturningpointinthepoet’sintellectualdevelopmentandpoetictechnique.ItisevidentthatthecriticsingeneralareawareofthepersonalandreligiousallusionsthatoccurinAsh-Wednesday.ComprehensivesurveyingthestudyonAsh-Wednesdayathomeandabroad,itcanbefoundthatsomedealwithLentliturgyandpersonalconversion,someconnectDantewithEliot,sometreattheimageasmysticalexperience.

However,uptillnow,noonehaseveranalyzedthepoemusingthepoet’sowntheoryoftraditionandputthispoeminthecontextofhisownpoetrywriting.InthiswaycanweunderstandbettertheroleoftraditionalelementssuchastheLentliturgy,theallusionofDanteandothers,andmysticismofSt.JohnoftheCross.AllthesetraditionalelementsarethevehicleofEliot’spersonalemotion,intellectthought,andspiritualbelief,thatis,the“objectivecorrelative”ofthepoet.

AccordingtoEliot,apoetmusthavethe“historicalsense”,whichneeds“aperceptionofitspastnessofthepastanditspresence”,whichmakesamanwritewith“afeelingofthewholeliteratureofEuropefromHomerandwithinitthewholeliteratureofhisowncountryhasasimultaneousexistenceandcomposesasimultaneousorder.”Nomatterhowhisownpersonalvoiceexistsinhislaterpoems,thiskindof“historicalsense”worksallalonghispoetry.

HughKenner,inherTheInvisiblePoet:

T.S.Eliot（1959）,thinkshighlyofAsh-Wednesdayfromitslanguage,imageandrhythm,andshearguesthatthispoemisthenewstageofEliot’spoetry.ButonlythereaderfollowsthesenseoftraditionwhichEliotadvocatedandcomparesitwiththeearlypoemsEliotwrote,canheunderstandthedifferencesofpoeticfeatureandspiritualdevelopmentinthepoems.InthiswaytheclearideaEliot’swholepoetrywillget

II-2国内外研究现状（附中英文参考书目）

AlthoughthereareinChinafewresearchesonCharlesJohnson,therehasbeenagreatdealofattentiononbothhisfictionandnon-fictionworkswhichareattractingmoreandmoreAmericanscholars.Amonghisfournovels,OxherdingtaleandMiddlePassage,intheformofthe“neo-slavenarrative”,arethemainattractionsforscholars,withthelattermorewell-knownandpopularbecauseofitsrepresentationoftheauthor’smorematurecraftsmanship.Uptillnow,therehavebeen8monographsonhisfournovelsandmorethan40journalarticlesexclusivelyonMiddlePassage.SinceMiddlePassageisgenerallyconsideredasbotha“blackphilosophicalfiction”and“neo-slavenarrative”,scholarshipfocusesmainlyonitsphilosophical,cultural,andpoliticalimplicationsandtheauthor’sliteraryinnovations.

1.scholarshiponthephilosophicalandreligiousimplicationsinhisnovels

CharlesJohnsoncontinuesanddeepenstheexplorationoftheformofphilosophicalfictionsinceRalphEllisonandJamesBaldwin.AndheisaPhD.inphilosophyhimselfwithtwophilosophicalworks:

BeingandRace:

BlackWritingSince1970（1988）,aphenomenologicalstudyonracialidentityandpolitics,andTurningtheWheel:

essaysonBuddhismandwriting（2003）,inwhichhediscussestheinfluenceofZenBuddhismandotherEasternthoughtsonhisworks,hehimselfablackBuddhist.Therefore,themainpartoftheresearchesonhisnovelsandshortstoriesareconcerningthephilosophicalandreligiousimplications.Herearesomerepresentativeresearchingfruits.

In“InterrogatingIdentity:

AppropriationandTransformationinMiddlePassage”（1995）,DanielM.ScottIIIanalyzestheidentityformationofthisnovelintermsofJohnson’sphilosophicalthought,andarguesitisa“liberationofperception”.

In“TheAfricanSacrificialKingshipRitualandJohnson'sMiddlePassage”（1995）,CelestinWalbyprobes,fromtheperspectiveoftheWesternphilosophicalhistory,Johnson’ssolutiontothe"Calibandilemma"oftheblackwriterwhohasthedifficulttaskofassertingagenuineblackidentitywhileusingalanguagethatisitselffundamentallyalienating:

torecommendadoptingapostureofcompleteself-surrender,tosurrendercompletelyone'ssubjectiveexperience.

InCharlesJohnson'sFiction（2002）,WilliamR.NasharguesthatJohnson'shybridphilosophyofBuddhismandphenomenologydefiesthebasicpremisesofidentityformationandleadstotheperceptionofadifferentself.Juxtaposedwithjarringstorylinesofracialinjustice,Johnson'snotionthatraceisanillusioninformshisaesthetic,promoteshisstrategiesforbattlingoppression,andremindsreaderswhatAfricanAmericanshavealreadyovercomeinthequesttocultivatenewvisionsofidentity.

InUnderstandingCharlesJohnson（2004）,GaryStorhoffexploresthemergingofphilosophicalandspiritualinterestswithJohnson’sconcernforAfricanAmericanculture.InidentifyingtheliteraryprinciplesofJohnson’stexts,Storhoffemphasizesthewriter’scommitmenttoBuddhismanddemonstratesitsimpactonhisthemes,characters,narratives,andrhetoric.SuggestingthatBuddhismisthelinchpinofJohnson’swork,StorhoffacknowledgesthatscholarsandcriticsareawareofJohnson’scloseassociationwiththetraditionbutprovidesreaderswithwhattheyneedtoappreciatefullyitsimportanceinhiswork.StorhoffalsoconsidersJohnson’sextensivestudyofWesternphilosophy,whichincludesaPh.D.inthesubject.StorhoffexplicatestheinfluenceoftheBritishempiricists,includingBishopGeorgeBerkeley,onthenovelist;hisrejectionofrelativismandutilitarianism;hisadaptationofAristotelianethics;andhisambivalenttreatmentofAmericanpragmatismasrecentlypropoundedbyCornelWest.JohnsonemergesfromStorhoff'sdiscussionasaprofoundlyeclectic,sophisticated,interdisciplinarywriter,withcomplexviewsonracerelationsinthetwenty-firstcentury.

InCharlesJohnson’snovelswritingtheAmericanpalimpsest（2005）,RudolphByrdexaminesJohnson'sfournovelsundertherubricofphilosophicalblackfiction,asartthatinterrogatesexperience.ByrdcontendsthatJohnsonsuspends,shelves,andbracketsallpresuppositionsregardingAfricanAmericanlife.Thisbracketingaccomplished,theAfricanAmericanexperiencebecomesapurefieldofappearanceswithintwopoles:

consciousnessandthepeopleorphenomenatowhichitisrelated.

InCharlesJohnson:

TheNovelistasPhilosopher（2010）,leadingscholarsstudyJohnson'sworksfromavarietyofcriticalperspectives,revealingthephilosophicalandpoliticalimplicationsofhiswritings.Theauthorsseekespeciallytounderstand"philosophicalblackfiction"andtoprovidethemultifocal,"wholesight"analysisJohnson'sworksdemands.

2.researchesfromhistoricalandculturalperspectives

Johnsonparticipatedinthe1960sCivilRightsMovementandBlackArtsMovementwhoseinfluenceiseasilyseenonhisaestheticsandliteraryworksandwhoselimitationsarealsocriticizedbyhim.Soscholarsal