詹姆斯·鲍德温的代表作《向苍天呼吁》积极探索现代主义叙事策略,创新运用多重叙事视角的叙事方法,不仅推动了故事情节、丰满了人物形象,而且升华了故事主题,彰显了其小说创作的独特个性和艺术魅力,这是该小说在美国黑人文学历史上乃至世界文坛上雄踞至今的重要原因。 James Baldwin’s masterpiece “Calls Heaven” actively explores modernist narrative tactics and creatively uses the narrative method of multiple narrative perspectives. It not only promotes the plot of the story, full of characters, but also sublimates the theme of the story, highlighting the uniqueness of his novels Personality and artistic charm, which is an important reason why the novel ranks today in the history of Afro-American literature and even the world literary world.