《《看不见的人》PPT课件.ppt》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《《看不见的人》PPT课件.ppt（11页珍藏版）》请在三一办公上搜索。
1、A Study of Invisible Man,Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005,Invisible Man is the only one that Ralph Ellison published during his lifetime.It won him the National Book Award in 1953.The novel addresses many of the social and intellectual i
2、ssues facing African-Americans in the early twentieth century,including black nationalism,the relationship between black identity and Marxism,as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.Invisible Man is a novel which uses identity crisis as its theme.It shows the self-consciousness of m
3、odern African-Americans and their struggle for their own identities in the racist American society.,In the novel,Ralph Ellison describes the process how a young African-American in the 1930s struggled to arrive at a conception of self-identity in the racist American society.It is about a nameless yo
4、ung African-American,who at first wanted to find a position in the society through education.Unfortunately his dream was destroyed because he was expelled from the college by an accident.Then he began his long journey to struggle for self-acceptance.He was finally aware that he should throw off the
5、identities others forced on him and the stereotypes,so that he could obtain his identity that would honor his complexity as an individual without sacrificing social responsibility.,Symbols,Colors-white and blackEllison is skillful in using colors.He uses the contrast colors white and black to symbol
6、ize the white and African-Americans in the American society in order to reveal the relationship between African-Americans and the white,especially the injustice that African-Americans suffer in the racist society.,The eyes Ellison describes different eyes in this book.He uses the eyes to indicate pe
7、oples inability to see and their states of invisibility.the eyes of the blind-folded boys the founders empty eyes Sightless Eyes of Reverend Homer A.Barbee The Glass Eye of Jack,Objects-The author also uses some items,such as leg shackle,briefcase,to represent the deeper significant meaning-the mise
8、rable life of African-Americans in the United States.,Slaves Leg ShacklesThe BriefcaseThe Sambo DollThe Coin Bank,Satire-Ellison is skillful in using satire in his novel.He uses satirical language to reveal the miserable life of African-Americans in the racist American society.,a.Reverend Homer A.Ba
9、rbee and Vision Clifton and Sambo b.The Briefcase and a“Badge of Office”c.The Vet and“be Your Own Father”d.The Liberty Paint Plant,Modes of Prose Style Used for Different Settings,Naturalism The Use of Naturalism in the NovelExpressionism The Use of Expressionism in the NovelSurrealism The Use of Su
10、rrealism in the Novel,Major Theme,The books main theme is the invisibility of the underdog.As the title suggests,the main character is invisible because everyone sees him as a stereotype,not as a real person.While the narrator often bemoans his state of invisibility,he comes to embrace it in the end.He realizes there are a number of advantages to it that allow him to remain undetected and inconspicuous.,Thank You,Produced by ZhangXue,
