理查·赖特的《土生子》是美国黑人文学的重要作品之一。作者通过对一个黑人青年的不幸遭遇的叙述,塑造了一个在种族歧视和种族隔离的社会里为了寻求自身价值而抗争的黑人新形象。理查·赖特在成功塑造了黑人犯罪少年的典型艺术形象的同时,无情地揭露了美国社会的种族歧视和种族隔离问题,开始了美国黑人文学的抗议之声。 Richard Wright’s “Native Son” is one of the important works of African American literature. By describing the unfortunate experience of a black youth, the author has shaped a new black image of people who fight for their own worth in racist and apartheid societies. While successfully creating the typical artistic image of black criminals, Richard Wright ruthlessly exposed the racial discrimination and apartheid in American society and started the protest of American black literature.