从妇女主义的角度解析《紫色》这本毕业Word文档格式.docx
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指导教师丁XX职称教授
完成日期2013年3月15日
Abstract:
AliceWalkerisnotonlythefirstblackwomanwriterinAmericanhistorywhowonthePulitzerPrize,butalsoisoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofcontemporaryAmericanliterature.HernovelTheColorPurpleisknownasatimelessclassic,whichdirectlyexploresthecontradictionsandconflictsbetweenblackmenandwomen,describesthehardcourseofblackwomen’sgrowth,pointsoutafeasibleroadoftwosexes’harmony,andfurthershowstheessenceofthe“womanism”.
Thisthesisisdividedintofiveparts.ThefirstpartgivesabriefoverviewofAliceWalkerandhermasterpieceTheColorPurple.Thesecondpartdealswiththetheoreticalframework,andincludesthetheoryofwomanism.ThethirdpartgivesananalysisofthefourfemalecharactersintheColorPurplefromtheperspectiveofwomanism.TheforthpartmainlydealswiththreeuniquefeaturesofwomanistreflectedinTheColorPurple.Thennaturallythefifthpartmakesaconclusion.Inall,AliceWalker‘swomannismovercomestheshortcomingsofthefeminismandprovidesanewangleofviewtoliberateblackwomen.
KeyWords:
AliceWalker;
womanism;
TheColorPurple;
Harmony
【摘要】艾丽丝·
沃克是美国历史上第一位获得普利策文学奖的黑人女作家,也是当代美国文坛最有影响的作家之一。
她的小说《紫色》直接探讨了黑人男女之间的矛盾和冲突,以及黑人妇女的艰难成长之路,提出了两性之间和谐相处的可行之道,并从多个角度展现了“妇女主义”的要旨,是沃克的妇女主义思想的完美体现,被誉为永恒的经典。
本文共分五个部分。
第一部分简要介绍艾丽丝·
沃克以及她的代表作《紫色》。
第二部分是理论基础。
第三部分从妇女主义的角度分析《紫色》中的四个女性。
第四部分探讨了《紫颜色》中的三个典型文化特征。
第五部分为总结。
综上,爱丽丝•沃克提出的妇女主义不仅克服了传统女权主义的缺点,而且也为解放广大黑人妇女提供了一个新的视角,使她们能更勇敢的面对自己的人生,也更有勇气实现男女之间的和谐。
【关键词】艾丽斯·
沃克;
妇女主义;
《紫色》;
和谐
Contents
Introduction1
0.1AnIntroductiontoAliceWalker1
0.2AnIntroductiontoTheColorPurple1
1.TheoreticalFramework3
1.1TheTheoryofWomanism3
1.1.1AdvocatingtheBravenessandConfidenceofblackwomen3
1.1.2PraisingtheSisterhoodofBlackWomen3
1.1.3PursuingtheHarmonyofTwoSexes4
1.2Summry4
2.FourFemaleCharactersofWomanisminTheColorPurple5
2.1Celie5
2.2Shug5
2.3Sophia5
2.4Nettie6
2.5Summary6
3.UniqueFeaturesofWomanistCultureReflectedinTheColorPurple7
3.1Bluesmusic7
3.2Sewing8
3.2.1SewingClothesfortheFamily8
3.2.2Co-SewingwiththeMr.Johnson9
3.2.3Quilt-Sewing9
3.3Pants-Making10
Conclusion12
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………13Acknowledgement14
.
Introduction
0.1AnIntroductiontoAliceWalker
Inthelatterhalfofthe20thcentury,withthedevelopmentoffeministmovement,theriseofAfrican-Americanwritersbecameparticularlystriking.Especiallyin1983,ablackwriter—AliceWalkerwonthreeU.S.literaryawards:
thePulitzerPrize,theNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookAssociationAward.Asapractitionerandtheoryexploreroftheblackfeministliterature,AliceWalkerrevealedthetragicfateandpoorlivingconditionsoftheblackwomenwithheruniqueperspectives,studiedthehumanityoftheBlacksbeyondtheboundariesofraceandgender.Shediscoveredtheproblemoftheuniversalhumannature:
livingconditions,socialrelationsandweaknesses,andthepursuitofthehumanspirit.
AliceWalker’sliterarycreationcloselyrelatedtoculturaltraditions,thecontemporarysocialenvironment,andherlifeexperiencesandfamilybackground.SoitisnecessarytounderstandAliceWalker’slifebackgroundbeforeanalyzesthetext.AliceWalkerwasborninablackfamilywhoweresharecroppersinSouthernAmerica.Shewitnessedandexperiencedtheunfairsocialstatusandsufferingsoftheblacks.Fromhermotherandgrandmother,AliceWalkerlearnedmuchabouttheoppressionandabuseofthetragicfateofblackwomen.Atthesametime,AliceWalkerunderstoodthepreciousnessoftheblack’sculturalheritage.Shesetthefaithforthepreservationandpromotionofthetraditionalculture.ThetragicchildhoodmadeAliceWalkerindrawn,sosheonlyfocusedonreading.WhenAliceWalkerwantedtodevoteherselftoliterarytraditionandhistoricalartisticcreativityoftheblackwomen,hermother’sgardeningskillsandtheotherblackwomen’sartisticcreativitiesinspiredhergreatly.TheimpactofAliceWalker’smotheralsoreflectsonthatshevaluedchildren’seducation.Althoughtheylivedinavillagewherewithoutaschool,buthermothertriedherbesttoprovidehereightchildrenwitheducationalopportunities.BeforeAliceWalkergonetogetcollegeeducation,hermotherhadalreadygivenherthreethings:
asewingmachine,atypewriterandasuitcase.Walkerexplainedthemeaningofthesethreegifts:
thesewingmachinemeansindependence,thetypewritermeansthatwritingwillbeherlife,andthesuitcasemeansenlarginghervision.
AliceWalkerisablackwriterwhohasrichlifeexperience,profoundthoughtandclearpoliticalideas.AliceWalkershoulderssocialresponsibilityandhistoricmissionofthisvulnerablegroup—blackwomenwriters.Sheisfullyawareofthetouchingpoweroftheliteraturethatdependsonthedeepmeaningofthesubjectandultimateconcernforthedestinyofmankind.AliceWalkermakesahugecontributiontocontemporaryAmericanliterature.
0.2AnIntroductiontoTheColorPurple
TheColorPurplewaspublishedin1982andwonthePulitzerPrizeandtheAmericanBookAward.Thisnoveltellsthelifejourneyoftheprotagonist—Celie’sgrowthfromavulnerablegirltoanindependentwoman.ByemphasisingonCelieandtheotherblackwomen’spursueforequality,independenceandfulfillment,AliceWalkerdemonstratesherideasofwomanismbest.
InTheColorPurple,therearethreesetsofletters.ThefirstletterisCelie’sletterswhichwerewrittentoGodaboutCelie’smiserybecauseshecouldnotwriteorspeaktoanyoneelse.ThesecondisNettie’slettertoCelie,abouthervariousexperiencesinAfrica.ThethirdisCelie’slettertoNettie,whichexposesthethemeofTheColorPurple.
TheColorPurplebeganwithCelie’slettertoGod.WhenCeliewasfourteenyearsold,shewasrapedbyherstepfather.Thenshegavebirthtotwochildrenwhoweretakenawaybyherfatherlater.Celiefeltextremelypainfulandtorturous,exceptGod,shewasforbiddentotellothers.Later,CeliemarriedtoAlbert,whomshecalled“Mr.Johnson”.AsMr.Johnson’swife,Celieworkedhardinhisfields,tookcareofhischildrenandborehisviolence.Celie’ssisterNettie,whoescapedfromherownhomebecauseofherstepfather’smistreatment,wasadoptedbyablackmissionarycoupleandwenttoAfricawiththem.Atfirst,SofiahadgreatinfluenceonCelie.Sofiawasabravewoman,whofoughtagainstherhusband’sabuse.AndSofiarefusedtobethemaidofthewhitemayor’swife.ShugAveryisabluessingerandMr.Johnson’slover.SomeideasofShug’ssongsareconsideredassinfulfortheChristians.buttheyinspirepeople.EvenCelieisencouragedandcomfortedbyShug’ssongs.Itisthebluessongsthatconveyblackwomen’saspirationforfreedomandselfhood.Moreover,Shag’spursuitofthebluesreflectstheappreciationoftheAfricanculture.
Althoughtheplotissimple,thisnovelisfarfrombeingsimple.L.SRobinsonclaimesthat“Likeaskillfullycraftedquilt,TheColorPurpleincorporatesrecognizablepiecesofliterarytraditionsintoitsownpattern,includingslavenarrative,domesticnovel,epistolarynovel,bildungsroman,fairy-tale,romance,andevenexistentialnovel.”(L.SRobinson,1996:
32).MaroulaJoannouacclaimsthat“theinfluenceofTheColorPurpleinprogressiveacademiccircleswasunprecedented”(MaroulaJoannou,2000:
101).
1.TheoreticalFramework
1.1TheTheoryofWomanism
In1983,AliceWalkercreativelyputforwardtheconceptsof“womanist”and“womanism”toreplace“feminist”and“feminism”inherimportantcollectionofessays--InSearchofourMothers’Gardens.Inthisbook,AliceWalkermakesaconcreteandvividillustrationoftheblackwomen’sidealstate,anddefinestheterm“womanism”asfollows:
1.Ablackfeministorfeministofcolor.Fromtheblackfolkexpressionofmotherstofemalechildren“Youactingwomanish”thatmeansyouactlikeawoman,usuallyreferringtooutrageous,audacious,courageous,orwillfulbehavior.Wantingtoknowmoreandingreaterdepththanisconsidered“goodforone”.Sheisresponsible.Sheisincharge.Sheisserious.
2.Awomanwholovesotherwomen,sexuallyand/ornonsexually,appreciatesandpreferswomen’sculture.Committedtosurvivalandwholenessofentirepeople,maleandfemale.
3.Awomanwholovesmusicanddance.Shelovesthemoon.Shelovesthespirit.Shelovesthefoodandroundness.Shelovesstruggle.Shelovesthefolk.Shelovesherself.Sheisregardless.
4.Womanististofeministaspurpleistolavender.(Walker,1983:
xi-xii)
Walkercreatestheterm“womanist”toshowthedifferenceswithwhitefeminists.Womanismisaunityoanti-sexism,anti-racialism,Africacentralismandhumanism,whichisregarededasthecoreofWalker’sspiritualworld.
AliceWalkerstressesthatthewomanist“Committedtosurvivalandwholenessofentirepeople,maleandfemale”(Walker,1983:
77).Survivalwholeisthecoreofwomanism.Walker’swomanismisnotonlyagainstthegenderdiscrimination,butalsoagainsttheinequalityofraceandclass.AliceWalkercallsforallpeopleofdifferentraces,colorsandgenderscoexistequallyandpeacefullytoachievehuman’ssurvivalwhole.
1.1.1AdvocatingtheBravenessandConfidenceofblackwomen
AliceWalkergivestheoriginofthewomanisminthefirstinterpretation.Henceawomanistmusthavesomecharacterswhichtheword“womanish”implies,suchasbrave,courageous,re
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