Lorraine Hansberry, (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 12, 1965, New York, New York), American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
AI导读
核心看点
聚焦芝加哥黑人家庭,展现三代人梦想与现实的激烈碰撞。
探讨种族歧视下,金钱、尊严与家庭责任的深刻矛盾。
通过日常对话揭示普世人性,被誉为美国戏剧史上的里程碑。
读者共识
剧本语言流畅自然,人物刻画细腻,极具戏剧张力与感染力。
虽有部分读者觉得结局稍显理想化,但情感真挚令人动容。
深刻揭示了少数族裔在追求美国梦过程中面临的结构性困境。
精彩摘录
"Baby, don't nothing happen for you in this world 'less you pay somebody off."
"Lord, if this little old plant don't get more sun than it's been getting it ain't never going to see spring again."
"Ruth: life can be a barrel of disappointments. Mama: God knows there was plenty wrong with Walter Younger...But he sure loved his childre. Always wanted them to have something - be something...Big Walter used to say, he'd get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standin"
"Beneatha: People have to express themselves one way or another."
"Beneatha: There simply is no God - there is only man and it is he who makes miracles!""
"Asagai:For you (Beneatha) - I would do much more..." Asagai: Between a man and a woman there need be only one kind of feeling. I have that for you... Now even... right this moment...""
"Mama: So now its life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money.""
"Mama: When the world gets ugly enough-a woman will do anything for her family."
"He finally come into his manhood today."
妈妈拿老公生命向死神换来的钱,他吼着问有没有用来做something crazy,默认这笔钱全是他的;
跟老婆吵架时说“Who even care about u?" ;
把包含妹妹读书的那份钱全部用来投资然后失败。
真的挺无语的,男性主体的成长小说,总有几个倒霉女性在底下给他踩着。
(女权人看什么书都是女性视角,越看越烦没用的男人)
Brings out the significance of "place"(white surburbs vs. city apartments/ghettos) in the 1950s.