理查德·赖特和拉尔夫·艾里森,是美国当代两位最著名的黑人作家。大量运用象征,是他们创作的一个共同特点。两位小说家在对客观事物的感悟、理解和对象征物的选择、发掘、表现方面,有着许多相似之处。 白色(White) 作为黑人作家,赖特和艾里森对白色以及白与黑的对比,都表现出高度的敏感。 白色意象贯穿赖特《土生子》前两部的始终。小说开始不久,便描写别格与他的黑人伙伴玩一种叫“白人”的游戏。玩着玩着,他 Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, two of the most famous contemporary black writers in the United States. The extensive use of symbols is a common feature of their creations. The two novelists have many similarities in the perception, comprehension and the selection, excavation and expression of objective objects. White As a black writer, Wright and Ellison show a high degree of sensitivity to the contrast between white and white and black. The white image runs through Wright’s first two natives. Shortly after the novel began, he described Begg playing a game called “Whites” with his black mate. Play with him