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根据以下材料,回答题 TalesoftheTerriblePast
Itisnotthejoboffictionwriterstoanalyzeandinterprethistory.Yetbywritingaboutthepastinavividandcompellingmanner,storytellerscanbringearliererastolifeandforcereaderstoconsiderthemseriously.Amongthosetakingonthetaskofrecountinghistoryaresomeblackwriterswhoattempttoexamineslaveryfromdifferentpointsofview.
NobelPrize-winningauthorToniMorrisondealsspecificallywiththelegacyofslaveryinherbookBeloved.Themaincharacterinthisnovel,aformerslavecalledSethe,livesinOhiointheyearsfollowingtheCivilWar,butshecannotfreeherselffromherhorrificmemories.Throughaseriesofflashbacksandbitterreminiscences,thereaderlearnshowandwhySetheescapedfromtheplantationshehadlivedon,thefateofherhusband,whoalsotriedtoescape,andfinally,whathappenedtothechildcalledBeloved.Morrison'sscenesoftortureandmurderarevividand
stronglyconveythedesperationoftheslavesandthecrueltyoftheirowners.
CharlesJohnson'sMiddlePassageapproachesslaveryfromadifferent,yetnolessviolent,vantagepoint.Hismaincharacter,RutherfordCalhoun,isane'er-do-wellfreeblackAmericanwhostowsawayonaslaveshipboundforAfricatocollectits"cargo".Puttoworkafterheisdiscovered,CalhounwitnessesfirsthandtheappallingconditionsinwhichthecapturedAfricansaretransported.
Whentheyfinallyrebelandtakeovertheship,hefindshimselfinthemiddle--andisforcedtocometotermswithwhoheisandwhathisvaluesare.
NeitherBelovednorMiddlePassageisaneasyread,butbothexemplifyAfricanAmericanwriters'attemptstobringsignificanthistoricalsituationsaliveformodernaudience.
Thispassageismostlyabout__________. A.thecausesofslaveryinAmerica
B.blackwritersinthelate20thcentury
C.whyMorrisonandJohnsonwrotethebookstheydid
D.twonovelsthatdealwithslavery
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