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地下铁道英文介绍

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地下铁道英文介绍
近期荣膺普利策小说奖的《地下铁道》一书叙述了身在美国的奴隶少女科拉历经重重窘境,尽力寻觅自在的故事。这是个令人心碎的故事,也是一段充溢启迪的旅程,在无望的窘境中寻觅活力,在乌黑的地下寻觅光亮。
US author Colson Whitehead’s new novel, The Underground Railroad, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on April 9. And it’s not hard to see why. But while it doesn’t require any great historical knowledge to be enjoyed, there are a couple of things the reader should bear in mind.
美国作家科尔森·怀特黑德的最新小说《地下铁道》于4月9日取得了普利策奖。而获奖原因也清楚明了。读懂这本小说虽无需丰厚的历史知识,但有几点读者们应当铭记。

The book’s title, The Underground Railroad, is also the name for the people – some black, some white – who ran the network of secret routes and safe houses, through which slaves in America were helped to freedom.
这本书的书名,《地下铁道》一起也是一些人的姓名 —— 有的是黑人,有的是白人 —— 他们为协助美国奴隶取得自在,守护着隐秘的线路和安全的居所。

地下铁道英文介绍

 
The initial setting of the story is a slave plantation (栽培园) in Georgia, in the south of the US. It is a horrific place, and every slave there wants to escape. Only a few of those who try succeed.
故事一开端发生在美国南部佐治亚州的一个奴隶栽培园里。那是个一切奴隶都想逃离的恐惧之地。但只要一小部分人能成功逃脱。

One such is Cora, taken by slavers from West Africa. To get to her freedom in Indiana, Cora has to escape from a long list of dangerous people. Her escape gets the attention of notorious slave catcher Ridgeway, who not only wants to recover (追回) her but destroy the underground railroad at the same time.
被奴隶估客从西非带来美国的科拉就是其间之一。为了能在印第安纳州取得自在,她必须得从一长串风险人物的手下逃脱。她的逃跑引起了臭名远扬的猎奴者里奇韦的留意。他不光想追回科拉,一起还想炸毁地下铁道。


The basic structure of The Underground Railroad comes from the classic “slave narrative (叙事体)” – accounts written by former slaves of their struggle to free themselves.
《地下铁道》一书的根本结构来历于经典的“奴隶叙事体” —— 旧日的奴隶们为解放自我,将自己的苦楚挣扎记录了下来。

But although the terrible lives of the slaves are described very believably, The Underground Railroad is not a realist novel that sticks to the facts. The story makes great use of Whitehead’s imagination. While the “Underground Railroad” is a metaphor (隐喻), Whitehead makes it an actual railway. The train travels through wormhole-style black tunnels (地道) – like something out of science fiction – taking Cora to different realities within the US.
虽然奴隶们的悲惨生活(在书中)被描绘得绘声绘色,但《地下铁道》这本书却并非是严厉遵从实际的实际主义小说。怀特黑德在其间运用了很多的幻想。虽然“地下铁道”一词是个隐喻,但怀特黑德却将其写成了一条真实的铁路。火车经过一节节虫洞般的乌黑地道 —— 就像科幻小说里描绘的那样 —— 将科拉带往美国境内彻底不同的实际环境。

The reader does not expect this, because stories about slaves very rarely depart from the truth. But however inventive he allows himself to be, The Underground Railroad remains a story of slavery and an attempt to understand this awful thing whose impact is still felt in the US today.
读者并没预料到这一点,由于奴隶故事很少脱离实际。但不管怀特黑德有多么地独出机杼,《地下铁道》这本书仍是一个关于奴隶制的故事,企图让人们了解这个至今仍在影响美国的可怕准则。

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