Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 120-126.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2020.01.016

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“Preacher” John: An Articulating Subject or a Silent Other?——A Body Phenomenological Interpretation of Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine

LI Rui1,2   

  1. (1. School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; 2. School of Translation Studies, Shandong University (Weihai), Weihai 264209, China)
  • Received:2019-05-08 Revised:2019-05-08 Online:2020-01-25 Published:2020-01-19
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Abstract: Hurston's novel Jonah's Gourd Vine creates a black male image with a wonderful oral expression ability. The black man inherits the African American oral tradition and tries to construct the subjectivity by his body action—articulation. However, in the process of the empowerment, the black male suppresses and disciplines the black female with his articulating body and gets engaged in the complicated discourse negotiations in the black community. Meanwhile, the black man loses his oral ability and becomes silent in his confrontation with the white people. In Hurston's eyes, the articulating body is a two-sided sword for the black man.

Key words: Zora Neale Hurston, Jonah's Gourd Vine, articulation, body, subject, other

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