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　　四十二、一本有关黑人奴隶的小说

　　The real heroine of the novel stands at one remove to the narrative. On the face of it, readers are more likely to empathize with, and be curious about, the mysterious and resourceful slave, Sarah, who forms one point of an emotional triangle. Sarah is the property of Manon, and came with her to a failing Louisiana sugar plantation on her marriage to the good-for-nothing, bullying owner. But Manon’s husband is soon struck by Sarah, and the proof lies in their idiot small son, Walter.

　　However, the reader is forced to see things through Manon’s eyes, not Sarah’s, and her consciousness is not a comfortable place to be. Never a please or a thank you passes her lips when talking to slaves, though manners is the order of the day in white society. Manon is enormously attracted by inter-racial marriage (for the place and time—the early 19th century—such a concern would not be unusual, but in her case it seems pathological). Walter, with “his father’s curly red hair and green eyes, his mother’s golden skin, her full, pushing-forward lips”, is the object of her especial hatred, but she chatters on about all the “dreadful mixed-blooded”, the objectionable “yellow” people.

　　Beyond Manon’s polarized vision, we glimpse “free negros” and the emerging black middle-class. To Manon’s disgust, such people actually have self-respect. In New Orleans buying shoes, Manon is taken aback by the shopkeeper’s lack of desired respect. Mixed race prostitutes acquired the affections of male planters by giving them something mysterious their wives cannot often What that might be, and why wives can’t offer it too, are questions Manon can’t even ask, let alone answer.

　　The first third of the book explores the uneasy and unsustainable peace between Manon, Sarah and the man always called just “my husband” or “he”. Against the background of violent slave revolts and equally savage revenges, it’s clear the peace cannot last. It’s part of the subtlety of this book that as the story develops and the inevitable explosion occurs, our view of all the characters swiftly changes. Sarah turns out to deserve all the suspicion Manon directs at her; at the point of death Manon’s husband displays an admirable toughness and courage; and Manon herself wins the reader’s reluctant admiration for her bravery, her endurance, and her total lack of self-pity.

　　Perhaps the cruelest aspect of this society is the way it breaks down and distorts family affections. A slave’s baby is usually sold soon after birth; Sarah’s would-be husband, if he wants her, must buy her; and Manon herself, after all, is only the property of her husband.

　　1. Which of the following reflects Manon’s attitude towards colored people?

　　[A] Sympathetic. [B] Suspicious. [C] Concerned. [D] Disgusted.

　　2. It can be inferred from the text that the novel is written.

　　[A] with a mobile point of view [B] with a limited third person singular

　　[C] from Manon’s perspective [D] from Sarah’s eye as a slave

　　3. According to Manon, black people should.

　　[A] emerge as free middle class citizens [B] behave submissively towards the whites

　　[C] have self-respect in the mixed race marriage [D] learn to offer more affection to their wives

　　4. We learn that as the story develops.

　　[A] readers will think differently of all the characters [B] Manon’s husband will win back her admiration

　　[C] the emotional crisis will be swiftly resolved [D] all the suspicion will be proved against Sarah

　　5. From the text we learn that.

　　[A] Manon’s husband is a nameless but bullying person [B] Manon is the real heroine who deserves readers’ sympathy

　　[C] Sarah is in fact smarter than her master Manon [D] Walter is a proof of the mixed race prostitution

　　答案：1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B

　　核心词汇或超纲词汇

　　(1)remove(n.)距离，差距，间距，如：She seemed to be living at one ~ from reality.(她好象生活在现实之外的什么地方。)

　　(2)resourceful (a.) 资源丰富的;有机智的，多策略的，足智多谋的

　　(3)be struck by/on/with sb./sth.被某人(或某物)打动，迷住

　　(4)the order of the day常见的，流行的，适宜的，如：Pessimism seems to be ~.(悲观失望似乎是当今司空见惯的情形。)

　　(5)pathological(a.)不理智的，无道理的，无法控制的;病态的

　　(6)objectionable(a.)令人不快的，令人反感的，讨厌的

　　(7)polarized(a.)两极化的，截然对立的

　　(8)unsustainable(a.)不能持续的，无法维持的

　　(9)explosion(n.)爆炸;突增，猛增;(感情，尤指愤怒的)突然爆发，迸发

　　(10)mobile(a.)可移动的;流动的;多变的，易变的

　　全文翻译

　　这篇小说中真正的女英雄离所叙述的内容有一段距离。表面上看，读者更容易对神秘而足智多谋的女奴莎拉产生同情和好奇，因为她成为了三角恋爱关系中的一角。莎拉是玛侬的财产，因此当女主人来到路易斯安那州破败的糖料种植园，嫁给懒惰、仗势欺人的男主人时，莎拉也跟随而来。但是玛侬的丈夫很快被莎拉迷住，这从他们生下来的弱智的小儿子沃特那得到了证明。

　　然而，读者被迫通过玛侬，而不是莎拉的视角去看这一切。玛侬的感察开始让她很不舒服。虽然礼貌在白人社会中是司空见惯的，但她和奴隶谈话时从不说“请”或“谢谢”。玛侬对异族通婚有着强烈的兴趣，(在这个故事发生的时间——19世纪初——和地点，这种关注是寻常的，但她的过度关注却是病态的)。沃特继承了他父亲的红色卷发和绿眼睛，他母亲的金色皮肤和丰满的、向前凸起的嘴唇，因此成了玛侬特别憎恨的对象。但是她仍然喋喋不休地谈论着所有“可怕的混血”，讨厌的“黄种”人。

　　在玛侬矛盾的观点之外，我们可以粗略瞥见“自由的黑人”和正在兴起的黑人中产阶级。让玛侬感到厌恶的是，这些人实际上都有自尊。在新奥尔良买鞋子时，玛侬对店主出乎意料的粗鲁感到吃惊。异族的妓女们得到了男种植园主们的喜爱，因为她们可以提供妻子不能给予的一些神秘的东西。那些东西到底是什么?为什么妻子不能给予?这都是玛侬不可能提出来的问题，更别提回答了。

　　该书前三分之一的内容是有关玛侬、莎拉和那个总是被称之为“我的丈夫”或“他”的男人之间的不稳定的、难以持续的和平关系。在风起云涌的奴隶起义和奴隶报复行动的背景下，显然和平不会持续太久。这本书的微妙之处在于随着故事情节的发展，当感情不可避免地突然爆发时，我们对所有人物的看法突然都发生了改变。莎拉原来值得玛侬对她的所有的怀疑;在死亡之际，玛侬的丈夫表现出令人钦佩的坚强和勇气;而玛侬本人则赢得了读者对她的勇敢、坚忍和毫不自怜的个性的由衷的钦佩。

　　也许这个社会最残忍的地方是它支解和扭曲家庭感情的方式。奴隶的孩子出生后很快就会被卖掉;莎拉未来的丈夫如果想要得到她就要用钱买;而玛侬自己也究竟只不过是她丈夫的财产。

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