InterpretationofCora’sFateofTheUndergroundRailroadfromthePerspectiveofFeminism摘要科尔森·怀特黑德在2016年凭借《地下铁道》获得美国国家图书奖，在2017年凭借《地下铁道》获得普利策奖。他成为了二十一世纪唯一凭借同一部小说获得美国两个重要文学奖的小说家。本文以《地下铁道》为研究对象，以女性主义为理论基础，试图找出小说主人公科拉命运的成因。本文从种族歧视，性别歧视和阶级压迫三个方面入手，分析了科拉独自面对欺辱和不公后的对待逃跑的态度变化，以及对她最终命运的影响；同时本文结合科拉的情感和她所居住的环境，分析了对她命运走向的影响最深的人及原因。经过上述分析，本文发现，科拉母亲抛弃科拉，推动了科拉的逃跑的脚步，幸得西泽和罗亚尔的帮助，科拉才获得自由。白人对黑人的种族歧视，性别歧视和阶级压迫，让科拉逐渐觉醒，让她清楚若想生存，必须逃跑，重获自由。根据美国历史的发展，废奴势在必行，科拉的最终命运是走向自由。关键词：《地下铁道》；女性主义；科拉AbstractIn2016,ColsonWhiteheadwontheAmericanNationalBookAwardforTheUndergroundRailroad.AndhewonthePulitzerPrizein2017forTheUndergroundRailroad.Hebecametheonlynovelistinthe21stcenturywhowontwoimportantAmericanliteratureawardsforthesamenovel.ThisthesistakesTheUndergroundRailroadastheresearchmaterial,andbasesonfeminism,triestofindoutthecausesofCora’sfateinthisnovel.Thisthesisfromthreeaspectsofracism,sexismandclassoppression,analyzesCora'sattitudetowardescapeafterbullyingandinjustice,andfindsouttheimpactonherultimatedestiny.Atthesametime,thisthesiscombinesCora'semotionsandtheenvironmentinwhichshelived,analyzesthepeopleandreasonsthathadthegreatestimpactonherfate.Aftertheaboveanalysis,thisthesisfindsthatCola'smotherabandonedCorawhichpushedCoratoescape.Luckily,withthehelpofCaesarandRoyal,Corawasfree.Whitesbullyblacksfromraceandsex.AndtheclassoppressionofblacksmadeCoragraduallyawakenandmadeherrealizethatifshewantedtosurvive,shemustescapeandregainherfreedom.AccordingtothedevelopmentofthehistoryoftheUnitedStates,theabolitionofslavepowerisimperative,andCora’sultimatefateistomovetowardfreedom.Keywords:TheUndergroundRailroad;feminism;CoraChapter1IntroductionThischapterwillintroducebackground,objectiveandoutlineofthestudy.Andhopefullythispartwillprovidereaderswithabasicunderstandingofthisstudy.1.1BackgroundoftheStudyColsonWhitehead,anAmericannovelist,wasborninNewYorkCityonNovember6,1969.HegrewupinManhattanandgraduatedfromHarvardUniversityin1991.WritingwassomethingWhiteheadhaddonesincehewas10or11,inspiredbythewiderangeofbooksinhishouse.Afterleavingcollege,WhiteheadwroteforTheVillageVoice.WhenheworkedattheVoice,hebegandraftinghisfirstnovels.Hehasproducedsixnovels,includinghisdebutwork,the1999novelTheIntuitionist,andTheUndergroundRailroad(2016),whichwasacriticalandcommercialsuccess,hitthebestsellerlistsandwonseveralnotableprizes.TheUndergroundRailroadwonthe2016NationalBookAwardforFictionandthe2017PulitzerPrizeforFiction.AndTheUndergroundRailroadwasaselectionofOprah’sBookClub2.0,andwasalsochosenbyPresidentBarackObamaasoneoffivebooksonhissummervacationreadinglist.TheideaforTheUndergroundRailroadcametoWhiteheadearly-in2000,inthewakeofhisfirstbookbeingpublished.HewroteTheIntuitionistwhiledoingreviewsfortheVillageVoiceandlaterasamorewide-rangingfreelancewriter.Hisyouthfulconfidencehaditslimitations,however.WhenhecameupwiththeconceptthatwouldbecomeTheUndergroundRailroad,itwasdifferentfromwhatappearedinthefinalversionofthenovel.Heknewhewantedtowriteaboutthechannelsthath...
