美国黑人作家拉尔夫·艾里森的长篇小说《无形人》真实地再现了美国社会黑人的生存状况。在荒诞无序的社会中,他们无形无体,遭遇着可笑又无奈的境遇。本文试图从存在主义角度来揭示一个始终无名无姓的黑人青年从南方到北方,从“自在”到“自为”的升华。 American black writer Ralph Ellison’s novel “Invisible Man” truly reproduces the living conditions of American blacks. In an absurd and disorderly society, they are invisible and confused and encounter ridiculous and helpless situations. This article tries to reveal from the point of existentialism the sublimation of an unnamed black youth from south to north and from “free” to “self-serving”.