托妮·莫瑞森在小说《秀拉》中塑造了秀拉这一大胆叛逆,极具自我主体意识的黑人女性形象。传统解读关注秀拉在自我建构中对黑人社区的叛离和与种族文化的割裂。本文是为给秀拉正名,指出作为黑人女性的秀拉从未背离自己的种族,她身上有无处不在的非洲之根。在弗莱的原型批评理论指导下,文章通过表层意象分析,进而探索秀拉的人物原型和主题原型,认为秀拉的人物原型为非洲水神Mami Wata,以及她对“底层”黑人即毁灭又孕育的主题原型。 Toni Morrison created the bold and rebellious, self-centered black female figure in Sula, the novel. The traditional interpretation focuses on the defection of the black community by Sula in self-construction and the separation from ethnic culture. This article is to give a name for Sula, pointing out that Sula, a black woman, has never deviated from her race and that she has the ubiquitous roots of Africa. Under the guidance of Frye’s theory of archetypal criticism, through the analysis of the surface images, the article explores the protagonists and thematic prototypes of Selera. He believes that the prototype of Selena is Mami Wata, the African god of water, and her destruction of the “black” Again bred theme prototype.