左拉·尼尔·赫斯顿是美国文学史上一位重要的小说家,民俗学家和人类学家,被誉为黑人女性文学之母。她的代表作《他们眼望上苍》描写了在种族歧视和性别压迫下的黑人妇女所受到的欺凌,塑造了一位与传统的黑人女性形象截然不同的女主人公珍妮,为争取自己做人权利和真正的爱情所付出的艰辛,是一部充分展示黑人女性意识觉醒的作品。她经历了三次婚姻,在这三次婚姻中她不断反抗压迫、追求自我、并最终获得与了男性平等的地位,实现了自我,寻求到了与男性之间的平等与和谐关系。 Zola La Neil Heston is an important novelist, folklorist and anthropologist in the history of American literature and is reputed to be the mother of black female literature. Her masterpiece, “They Look At God,” describes the bullying of black women under racial discrimination and gender oppression, and creates a heroine Jenny who is very different from the traditional black women. In order to fight for their own rights and true rights Love is hardship, is a full display of the awakening of black female consciousness works. She went through three marriages. During these three marriages, she constantly resisted oppression, pursued oneself and eventually gained equal status with men. She realized oneself and sought equality and harmony with men.