文章从人性角度出发,对20世纪美国黑人文学的三次高潮作一梳理,展现黑人作家笔下的黑人民族漫长的觉醒之路:从默默屈从于“劣等公民”(黑奴)身份以换来名义上的“自由”(黑人),到觉醒并争取全面人权的抗争(“新黑人”),再到认识自我价值和实现身份认同(人)。旨在研究和探索人性这一文学命题下黑人人性逐步发展并走向成熟的嬗变过程及其重要意义。 From the perspective of human nature, the article tries to sort out the three climaxes of American black literature in the 20th century and show the long way of awakening the black nation under the background of black writers: from silently submitting to “inferior citizen” (black slave) Nominally “freedom ” to the awakening and fight for a full human rights protest ( “new black ”), to recognize self-worth and achieve identity (people). Aimed at the study and exploration of the human nature of this literary proposition of the gradual development of human nature and maturity of the evolution process and its significance.