本文尝试在后殖民主义语境下,运用后殖民主义文学理论,从非洲黑人的传统文化、美国黑人族裔的文化传承和欧美白人主流社会的文化渊源三方面研究托尼·莫里森小说里人物生活的文化背景,分析作家的创作意图,以及其期望通过自己的作品所传递的思想观念、所寄托的美好希望和理想。 This thesis attempts to study the characters in Tony Morrison’s novels from the three aspects of the postcolonial literary theory, from the traditional culture of Negroes, the cultural heritage of Afro-American peoples and the cultural origins of the white-European mainstream society The cultural background of life, the author’s creative intent, and the hopes and ideals it hopes to convey through his own works.