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Abstract This essay analyzes one of James Baldwin’s least commented-upon essays, “Equal in Paris,” through the lens of current debates about transatlantic differences regarding race, equality, and citizenship. In his essay, Baldwin narrates how he was imprisoned in Paris for several days a year after his arrival in France. Baldwin constructs his essay not as a political manifesto about race, citizenship, and equality. Rather, through a powerful and cinematographic description, he leads the reader to share the narrator’s distressing experience of disjunction and terror he had while in prison. This literary choice can be understood in the context of Baldwin’s rejection of theologies of damnation and redemption that, according to him, motivate protest writings.
本文通过当前关于大西洋两岸种族、平等和公民身份差异的辩论，分析了詹姆斯·鲍德温(James Baldwin)最少被评论的文章之一《平等在巴黎》(Equal in Paris)。在他的文章中，鲍德温叙述了他在抵达法国后如何在巴黎被囚禁了几天。鲍德温并没有把他的文章构建成一篇关于种族、公民权和平等的政治宣言。相反，通过一种强有力的电影般的描述，他引导读者分享叙述者在监狱中经历的分离和恐怖的痛苦经历。这种文学选择可以在鲍德温拒绝诅咒和救赎神学的背景下理解，根据他的说法，这些神学激发了抗议作品。
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