Black Diggers: Study Notes
Synopsis
The broad story presented by ‘Black Diggers’ is one of Indigenous Australian men who fight alongside non-Indigenous soldiers in World War I. Its many scenes cover a long time period,from before they join the army, to episodes in the trenches on the Western Front, then topost-war scenes set back in Australia. While ‘Black Diggers’ portrays the widely differing experiences of the Indigenous soldiers, it also shows several common factors. Forexample, it depicts the desire of many young Aboriginal men to join up in order toparticipate in and receive recognition from a community which otherwise considers themsecond-class. It also shows the common experience felt by Indigenous soldiers of a returnto a position of disadvantage and dispossession after the war
黑色的挖掘机:学习笔记
剧情简介
《黑色挖掘者》所呈现的广阔故事是澳大利亚土著居民的一场战斗。
在第一次世界大战中，还有很多与非本地士兵并肩作战，从他们参军之前，到西部前线的战壕里，再到后一段时间的场景。
澳大利亚的战争场面。而《黑色挖掘者》则描绘了迥然不同的景象。
土著士兵的经历也显示了一些共同的因素。例如，它描绘了许多年轻的土著居民为了参与和接受来自于他们认为是二等公民的社区的认可而加入的愿望。它还显示了土著士兵在战后恢复到处于不利地位和被剥夺的地位的共同经验。
Historical Context
Historically, relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have never been smooth, as ‘Black Diggers’ emphasises throughout. From the violence shown in the opening scene, the play depicts ongoing conflict through the characters’ experiences, as well as inthe stories they have inherited from their families and forebears. Over time, the conflictbetween Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has taken many forms, several ofwhich are illustrated in the play, including:Physical violence (e.g. The murders in the opening scene)
Verbal abuse (e.g. When the Aggressive Private abuses Harry on the ship)
Discrimination and infringement of rights (e.g. The Indigenous men being deniedentry to the pub, or the fact that land was taken away from Indigenous people andgiven to the returned servicemen
though not necessarily Indigenous ones)
历史背景
历史上，土著和非土著澳大利亚人之间的关系从未如此流畅，正如“黑色挖掘者”在整个过程中强调的那样。从开幕式上展示的暴力现场,德通过人物的经历来描绘持续的冲突，以及他们从家族和祖先那里继承下来的故事。随着时间的推移，土著居民和非土著澳大利亚人之间的冲突已经采取了多种形式，其中有几项在游戏中有说明，其中包括:-。
肢体暴力(例如在开场时的谋杀)-。
口头谩骂(例如，当有侵犯性的私人谩骂时，哈里在船上)。
歧视和侵犯权利(例如，土著男子被拒绝进入酒吧，或土地被从土著人民手中夺走，并给予返回的军人)。
-虽然不一定是本土的
Important Quotes 重要语录
“What are you going to do with it?...Full-blood, too. Unusual. Perfect specimen.”(Page14) “你打算用它做什么?”全血。不寻常的。完美的标本。”14页
“The world – the bigger, grown-up world–is a complicated, difficult place. You should enjoy every moment of your childhood. Plenty of time for the truth later.”(Page 20)这个世界-更大，已经成熟了的世界是一个复杂的，困难的地方。你应该你童年的每一寸时光。未来你会有更多的时间去了解真相 （20页）
“No one mentioned the colour of my skin from the day I enlisted.”(Page 55)“从我入伍的那天起，就没有人提到过我的肤色。”(55页)
“No…there’s been a mistake, I should be with my mates.” “We are your comrades now.”(Page 56) “不是…我犯了一个错误,我应该和我的伴侣一块儿的。“我们现在是你们的同志了。”(56页)
“I can see the big world… I don’t want to join in. I don’t belong.”(Page 96）“我可以看到大的世界…我不想加入一个不属于我的地方。”(96页）
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THE LONGEST MEMORY REVIEW
An American plantation slave loses his gifted yet headstrong son to a harsh whipping in this powerful, compact rush of a first novel.
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一个美国种植园的奴隶失去了他那天才而又倔强的儿子，第一部小说强大的而又紧凑的鞭策。
Guyanese poet D'Aguiar (winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Guyanese National Poetry Award) uses first-person narrative, poetry, journal entries, and newspaper editorials to reveal this tale full of twisted beauty.圭亚那诗人D'Aguiar (T.S.艾略特奖和圭亚那国家诗歌奖得主)使用第一人称叙述、诗歌、日记和报纸社论来展现这个充满扭曲之美的故事。
The reader runs to each of these devices like to a new window from which to catch a glimpse of the truth.每一个这样的装置上的阅读者，就像打开一个新的窗口，让他们看到真相。
That slavery is cruel seems to be the message of the first few pages, which describe the emotional scars Whitechapel still bears many years after the death of his son. But deliberate ambiguities make this much more than a catalogue of slavery's devastations.
Whitechapel is a dignified man, respected by his peers, and even by his own masters to a degree. But his dignity is that of the good slave. He accepts his lot and has made the best of it. His son, Chapel, is secretly taught to read by the master's daughter, falls in love with her, dreams of running off with her, and even tries. But Chapel's father reveals his son's whereabouts to the master with the hope of clemency upon his inevitable capture. Chapel's punishment of 200 lashes kills him. Whitechapel becomes known as a Judas and, eventually, as just a silly old grandfather. But dignified acquiescence and spirited rebellion are strategies that fail blacks equally in this novel, set in the American South in the early 1800s. The plantation owner, part tortured Christian soul and part ruthless slaveholder, is a complex if still inexcusable character. So are the two generations of sadistic plantation deputies. Miscegenation and rape further muddy these waters, and inbreeding ultimately results in oedipally proportioned calamity. A small book with the emotional impact of a wide-screen blockbuster, the reasoned progress of a play, and the painful beauty of poetry.
奴隶制是残酷的，这似乎是最初几页的信息，它描述了在他的儿子死后多年的情感伤痕。但是故意的模棱两可使得这不仅仅是一份奴隶制的毁灭目录。白教堂是一个有尊严的人，受到同行的尊敬，甚至是他自己的硕士学位。但他的尊严是好奴隶的尊严。他接受了自己的命运，并尽了最大的努力。他的儿子，小礼拜堂，被主人的女儿偷偷地教读书，爱上了她，梦想着和她一起私奔，甚至尝试。但是小教堂的父亲向主人透露了他儿子的下落，希望他能以仁慈的态度抓住他。礼拜堂对200鞭子的惩罚杀死了他。白教堂被称为“犹大”，并最终成为一个愚蠢的老祖父。但是，在这部小说中，有尊严的默许和英勇的反抗是黑人在这部小说中同样失败的策略，在19世纪初的美国南方。种植园主，部分扭曲了基督教的灵魂，部分残忍的奴隶主，是一个复杂的，但仍然不可原谅的角色。这两代虐待狂的种植园代表也是如此。种族通婚和强奸进一步使这些水域浑浊，而近亲繁殖最终导致了一场规模相当大的灾难。一本带着大屏幕大片的情感影响的小书，一部戏剧的理性进步，以及诗歌的痛苦之美。
