An Analysis Of The Myth Prototype In Beloved

This thesis gives an analysis of the United States writer Tony Morrison's famous novel Beloved from a myth-archetypal perspective. The whole thesis is made up of four chapters.At the introduction of the thesis an overview of domestic and foreign beloved study the history, current situation and existing problems, and the causes of these problems exist for a more in-depth analysis, try to find a solution to these problems, which made the The purpose of dissertation writing and its significance. The purpose of this thesis writing is to break through the beloved study the inertia mode of thinking from the perspective of the myth of the prototype re-interpretation in order to tap, Beloved, a deeper level of significance.Chapter I is the beloved in the prototype analysis of the characters, through prototype and revenge scapegoat prototype analysis, again represented by a pet black women in white society and black communities suffering under oppression and suffering. Morrison would "scapegoat" the novel prototype implant surface to comply with the Christian Literature "scapegoat" mechanism persecution paradigm, implicitly reflects the black men behind the white racists of the black female persecution. Favorite revenge Medea are the displacement and deformation of the prototype, following the search for - Lost - Revenge of the model, from the side reflects the slavery system, the white racists of the black female body and the spirit of the double devastation.Chapter II is a prototype image analysis, concrete analysis of plant imagery, water imagery. Images of plants through the analysis it is a witness to the evil of slavery and black people are relying on the land of the soul; water imagery in the novel as a concrete manifestation of well water, rainwater and river imagery, Morrison from the general sense The concept of water (water, rain, rivers) to start, step by step in depth, not only the water imagery as a simple means of vision, but also with its complex symbolism lay out the background of the story, the psychological portrait of characters, suggesting that the history of truth, influence and promote changes in the novel plot and development.Chapter III is the call - response model analysis. Call - Response model originated in the African traditional culture, is a two-way exchange of mutual aid activity. Call - Response mode is reflected not only in the many scenes in the novel but also in Sethe relationship with the pet as well as the author and the reader's relationship. This mode not only to effectively pass on the African traditional culture, but also subversion, digestion of the traditional culture of blacks and whites dualistic mode of thinking.Chapter IV is the beloved of the myth of a prototype of the modern enlightenment. This chapter in the first three chapters of analysis of the myth of the prototype on the basis of the contact free, motherly love, as well as the current status of black women's issues, in depth re-consider "freedom" of the importance of black women.The conclusions of this thesis is: Beloved, the myth of Morrison with a prototype Sethe killing infants around the plot, demonstrating the plight of black women's survival and spiritual burden, put a long time neglected vulnerable groups - black women from the edge of human history and culture into the center, filled with history, describing the gap between historical reality. At the same time, triggered by the case of maternity, consider such issues as freedom, revealing the hypocrisy of slavery and the patriarchal and oppressive to people to rethink the history of the United States, political and cultural.