无语的艺术形式爱丽斯沃克的日常生活美学观.docx
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无语的艺术形式爱丽斯沃克的日常生活美学观
Acknowledgements
Aboutthispaper,itisnecessarytothanksforsomanypeople’ssupportanditisimpossibletofinishitwithoutthehelpofmyteachers,friends,familyandclassmates.
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Next,Iwouldliketogivethankstoallmyclassmates,whohavegivenmemuchencouragementandsupport.Withouttheirunselfishhelpandunderstanding,myfour-yearstudywouldnothavebeensosuccessfulandmeaningful.
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Inshort,Iwouldliketosaythankyouforalltheteachers,friendsandclassmateswhohavegivenmesupportduringthepassedfouryears.Becauseoftheirhelp,Icanfinishmypapercompletely,andthenIwillcontinuetomakeeffortstoresearch,soastorealizemydream.
Abstract
BeforeAliceWalker,blackwomen'sdailylifealmostdidnotenterthecritics'viewsandstudies.ButAliceWalkerexpressedthegreatarthiddeninblackwomen'sdailylifesuchassewingquilts,diggingherbs,cultivatingthegarden,etc.Sheregardedtheblackwomenasthespecialartistsandbelievedthattheycreatedakindof"speechlessartform".Thisessaywillrevealthe"speechlessartform"thatishiddeninblackwomen'sdailylifethroughtheresearchondailydetailsofthenovelcharactersCelie,Sophia,Nettie,etcinTheColorPurple.Thedifferentsymbolismmeaningsoftheartinthenovelareveryimportantfortheexpressionofthetheme.ThisessaywillrevealAliceWalker’sdailylifeaesthetics.
KeyWords:
TheColorPurple;themeaningsofsymbolism;speechlessartform.
摘要
在爱丽斯·沃克之前,黑人女性的日常生活几乎没有进入批评家的视野与探究,而爱丽丝·沃克则最大限度的挖掘了潜藏在黑人女性日常生活中如缝制被褥、挖草药、整治菜园中的伟大艺术。
她把黑人女性看成是特殊的艺术家,认为她们在生活中创造了一种“无语的艺术形式”。
本文将通过研究《紫色》中西莉亚、索菲亚、奈蒂、莎格等生活中不同的生活细节来揭示日常生活中这种“无语的艺术形式”的象征意义及对主题的表现。
最终本文将揭示爱丽斯·沃克的日常生活美学观。
关键字:
紫色;象征性意义;无语的艺术形式
Contents
1.Introduction………………………………………………………....…1
2.TheCreativitySourceof“SpeechlessArtForm”inTheColorPurple……………………………………………………………….…2
2.1Clothes………...…………………….………...………………..…3
2.2Colors................................................................................................4
2.3Quilting.............................................................................................6
3.TheAestheticsofthe"SpeechlessArtForm"inTheColorPurple........8
3.1TheSymbolismoftheDailyLifeThings.........................................8
3.2PursuitofLove...............................................................................10
4.3TheNewImageoftheBlackWomen.............................................11
4.Conclusion............................................................................................12
Biography..............................................................................................................14
AliceWalker’sViewof“SpeechlessArtForm”inTheColorPurple
I.Introduction.
AliceWalkerisaveryfamousAfro-Americanwomanwriter.SheisoneofthemostimportantblackwomanwritersinthecontemporaryAmericanliterature.HermasterpieceTheColorPurplecausesthecritics’attentionduetohernewconceptionanduniquetechniques.Afteritspublicationin1982,thenovelimmediatelybecomesthebestsellerintheUnitedStates.In1983,itwinsboththePulitzerPrizeandtheAmericanBookAward.In1984,itisadaptedforfilmbyStevenSpielberg.AliceWalkerbecomesthefirstPulitzerPrizewinneramongtheAmericanblackwomanwriters.
AliceWalkerisborninEatonton,GeorgiaonFebruary9,1944.Ablackchildbornintopoverty,Walkerstartsherlifewithmanydisadvantages.HerfamilylivesassharecroppersintheDeepSouth.Attheageofeight,WalkerloseseyesightinoneofhereyeswhenanelderbrotheraccidentallyshootsherwithaBBgun.Herchildhoodistypicallikeotherwomenofhertime;sheoftenhastoconfrontracismandsexualabuse.Duetothelossofeyesightandscaresonherface,Walkersoongrowsisolatedfromtherestofhercommunity,spendingmostofhertimereadingandwritingaboutpeoplearoundher.Duringthisperiod,shedevelopsadeepbondwithhermotherandotherrelativeswhoinspirehertobecomeanindependentblackwoman.Despitetheseobstacles,Walkergrowsuptobequitesuccessful.Shegraduatesatthetopofherhighschoolclassandsoongraduatesfromcollege.WalkerlivesinMississippiduringtheCivilRightsMovementandisanavidactivistforminorityandwomen’srights.In1983,WalkerisawardedthePulitzerPrizeforhermostfamousnovel---TheColorPurple.Walkerwillberememberednotonlyasanaward-winningauthor,butalsoasaleaderforblackwomen’srights.
TheColorPurple,AliceWalker’sthirdnovel,ispublishedin1982.ItdealswithblackwomenintheruralSouthduringthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.InTheColorPurple,AliceWalkerportraysthegradualformingofanewblackwoman---Celie,whoundergoesfromthepatriarchaloppressiontoawakeningandindependence.CelieisviolentlyrapedbyherstepfatherAlfonsomanytimes,butshedaresnottosaytoanybodyexceptGodbecauseherstepfatherthreatensher.CeliehastwochildrenbuttheyaretakenawayimmediatelybyAlfonsowhentheyareborn.LaterAlfonsomarrieshertoMr.Albert,whojustconsidersCelieasatoolforsexandhousework.Asaresult,Celieenduresahardandlovelesslife.Albertevenhasevilintentionsonhersister,Nettie.SoNettierunsawayandlaterisadoptedbyablackmissionarycouplewhotakeshertoAfrica.Beingillness,ShugAvery,anAmerican-AfricasingeralsoAlbert’slover,isbroughtbacktohishome.UnderthegoodcareofCelie,ShuggraduallyrecoversandestablishesagoodrelationshipwithCelie.InfluencedbyShug,Celiebecomesconfidentandalsolearnstoappreciateherself.Later,withthehelpofShug,shefindsthatAlberthassecretlykeepsNettie’slettertoherformanyyears.SheissoangrythatsheleavesAlbertfinally.Shegetseconomicindependencebymakingpants.AfterAlphonsodies,Celieinheritsthehouse.Ontheotherhand,AlbertgoesdownslopeafterCelieleaveshim.Afterintrospection,hetransformstobeagoodmanandbecomesfriendswithCelie.Intheend,Celiereuniteswithhersisterandherownchildren.Celienotonlywinsherrespect,loveanddignity,butalsoestablishesaharmoniousrelationshipwithmen.Inthenovel,AliceWalkerexpressesthegreatartthathiddenintheblackwoman’sdailylifesuchassewingquits,diggingherbs,cultivatingthegarden,etc.Duringthecreativity,Walkerhastochallengeallthedifficultiesandfinishestheperfectartofthefictionwithrichimagination.WomenmagazinehaspredictedthatthenovelwouldcauseasensationintheUnitedStates.(Yang12)ThefactalsohadprovedthatTheColorPurplebringupmanycommenters’attention.LiuYuanassertsin“TheColorPurpleandAliceWalker’sWomanism”(2006)thatthenovelgivesafullexpressionoftheideologicalemotionofwomanismandavividdescriptionofblackwomen’sstruggleforliberationandequality.(Liu99)In“ThePatternofChanginAliceWalker”(2000),LiuYingarguesthatthepatternchangeinAliceWalker’sheroinesshowsherunderstandingoftheprocessthatblackwomanmustundergotoachievetheirvision.(Liu112)ZuoYaqinsaysin“TheNarrativeTechniqueofTheColorPurple”(2005)thatthenovel’snarrativetechniquesarehelpfultoexpresstheauthor’sideasuccessfully.(Zuo223)Thisessaywilldealswithhowtoinheritthecultureandthetraditionoftheblackwomenandkeeptheblackwomen’sspecial.Thespecialform“speechlessartform”createsthebeautifulsenseofthenovelsuccessfullyandrevealsaspecial“wordpicture”and“thoughtpictures”(Gates118)
2.Thecreativitysourceof“speechlessartform”
AliceWalkerbelievesthattheblackwomenhaveaspecialabilitytocreateandkeepthebeautyartinthedailylife.Communicationaestheticscanbefoundindailyordinaryobjectsinblackwomen’slifeandconsciousness.ThepoeticbeautyhiddenintheirlifeisexcavatedbyAliceWalkerwithherdeepunderstandingforaesthetics.Forhundredyears,theyandtheirmother,grandmotherandgreat-grandmotherinheritthecountlessbeautifultruestories.Theyplayanextraordinaryimaginationinsewingthequilt,weavingtheveil,knittingmatanddiggingherbs.
2.1Clothes
InTheColorPurple,thechangesinCelie’sclothareverysignificant.Atfirst,Celiecan’tdecidewhatshelikestowear.Becausethemale-dominatedsocietydoesnotallowwomentohavetheirownideatodecidethings.Shehastomeetherstepfather’sandhusband’srequirements.Shehasnoideaaboutherself-valueandheridentity.Allthoseclothesimplythatshehasnobasicrightthatapersonshoulddeserve.Sheisunderthecontrolofherstepfatherandhusband,andhasnoideatorebelagainstthem.
InTheColorPurple,forwomen,especiallyforblackwomen,theyarenotallowedtowearpants.Itismen’sprivilege.Mr_tellsCelliethatmanandwomancouldnotwearthesamecloths.Onlymenhavetherightstowearpants.Apparently,menandwomenarenotequalthere.Onthiscondition,Celienotonlymakespants,butalsowearsthem,whichgraduallyclearsupthetraditionofmen’sdomi
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