Author(s)

Sun Jiaqi ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Corresponding Author

Sun Jiaqi

ABSTRACT

Black Boy is one of the masterpieces of African American writer Richard Wright. The book was divided into two chapters, the first of which detailed Richard's experiences as a child living in the South, and the description of racial trauma was an important feature. This paper will analyse the indescribable racial trauma young Richard has suffered, and how racial trauma had affected his outlook and life direction. Fortunately, young Richard took the next step toward the recovery of racial trauma with the help of his mother, friend and his favourite writer. And by writing about his trauma healing process, Wright intended to inspire the people who were struggling with racial trauma and provided them with ideas for overcoming racial trauma.

KEYWORDS

Richard Wright, Black Boy, racial trauma and recovery

CITE THIS PAPER

Sun Jiaqi, A Study of Richard's Racial Trauma and Recovery in Black Boy's "Southern Night". Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 129-134. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070621.

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