艾里森的文艺思想深深植根于非裔美国人的民俗文化和美国主流文化、文学的传统之中。艾里森不仅批判白人至上的意识形态观,强调艺术超越世俗和种族冲突的功能,而且还萌芽了种族融合的思想。在非裔美国文学和文学理论的发展史上,艾里森前瞻性地预言了非裔美国人的文化身份建构。 Allison’s literary thinking is deeply rooted in the African-American folk culture and the mainstream American culture, literary tradition. Allison not only criticized the ideology of white supremacy, emphasized the function of art beyond secular and ethnic conflicts, but also sprouted the idea of ​​racial integration. In the history of the development of African American literature and literary theory, Allison forward-looking proponents of African American cultural identity.