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本科毕业论文浅议《紫色》中黑人女性的觉醒与抗争英语专业

浅议《紫色》中黑人女性的觉醒与抗争

学院毕业论文（设计）

BlackWomen’sAwakeningandResistanceinTheColorPurple

By

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SubmittedtotheDepartmentofForeignLanguagesofShandongUniversityofPoliticalScienceandLawinPartialFulfillmenttotheRequirementsfortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsinEnglish

UndertheSupervisionofProfessor*******

February,2012

浅议《紫色》中的黑人女性的觉醒与抗争

摘要：

艾丽斯·沃克是美国文学史上最著名的黑人女作家之一。

她的代表作品《紫色》发表于1982年，一经出版便引起了评论界轰动，并获得普利策文学奖和美国国家图书奖。

艾丽斯沃克深受女姓主义影响，并把争取种族平等、女性解放作为其毕生的事业，她的这种女姓主义思想在小说《紫色》中得以体现。

小说《紫色》深刻分析了黑人女性所遭受的来自种族主义和性别主义的双重压迫，揭示了阻碍黑人女性觉醒与获得解放的因素，呼唤黑人女性自我意识的觉醒，把争取女性平等的斗争扩大到黑人群体中。

小说揭露了黑人男性和白人对黑人女性的歧视和压迫，并展现了黑人女性团结一致摆脱压迫，重建黑人男性和女性之间的和谐关系。

本文旨在阐述《紫色》中黑人女性的觉醒与抗争以及她们觉醒抗争的原因。

全文共分为四章。

第一章为引言，主要介绍艾丽斯沃克的生平和她最著名的小说《紫色》；第二章主要阐述黑人女性所遭受的双重压迫—黑人男性的性别歧视和压迫以及白人的种族歧视和压迫；第三章分为两部分介绍《紫色》中黑人女性的觉醒与解放：

第一部分阐述促使黑人女性觉醒与抗争的原因，第二部分强调黑人女性从逆来顺受到觉醒抗争的转变过程，黑人女性团结一致摆脱压迫，获得独立，重新构建了男女之间的和谐关系；第四章是结论，对全文进行总结并重申重要观点。

关键词：

艾丽斯·沃克，《紫色》，黑人女性，觉醒，抗争

BlackWomen’sAwakeningandResistancein

TheColorPurple

Abstract:

AliceWalkerisoneofthemostoutstandingblackwomenwritersinAmericanLiterature.TheColorPurple,publishedin1982,isconsideredasherrepresentativework.ThenovelhasarousedgreatreverberationsinceitspublicationandalsomakesAliceWalkerwinthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAward.Greatlyinfluencedbyfeminism,AliceWalkerregardedachievingracialequalityandwomenliberationasherlifecareer,whichwasgreatlyreflectedinthenovelTheColorPurple.Thenoveldeeplyanalyzedthedoubleoppressionofblackwomen,whichwereracismandsexismandrevealedthebarriersofblackwomenawakeningandliberation.Itencouragedblackwomentowakeupandfightforselfhood.Itexpandedthestrugglefortheblackwomen’sequalrights.Thenovelexposedtheblackmenandthewhitepeople’soppressionanddiscriminationtoblackwomen.ThisthesiswillanalyzehowtheblackwomencharactersinTheColorPurpleseekself-identityunderthetwooppressionsfromandthereasonoftheirawakening.

Thespecificcontentswillbedividedintofourchapters.Chapteroneistheintroductionpart,whichintroducesthebasicinformationaboutAliceWalkerandhermostfamousnovelTheColorPurple.Chaptertwofocusesonthedoubleoppressionthattheblackwomensuffer,whicharethesexualdiscriminationandoppressionfromtheblackmenandtheracialdiscriminationandoppressionfromthewhitepeople.Chapterthreeemphasizestheawakeningandliberationofblackwomenfromtwodifferentaspects.ThefirstaspectanalyzesthefactorswhichcontributetotheawakeningandresistanceoftheblackwomeninTheColorPurple;thesecondpartintroducesblackwomen’stransformationfromsubmissiontorebellion.Chapterfouristheconclusionpartwhichdeliversasummaryandrestatesthethemeofthisthesis.

KeyWords:

AliceWalker,TheColorPurple,blackwomen,awakening,resistance

Content

摘要i

关键词i

Abstractii

KeyWordsii

ChapterOneIntroduction1

1.1BasicInformationaboutAliceWalker1

1.2AboutTheColorPurple1

ChapterTwoBlackWomen’sDoubleoppression3

2.1BlackWomen’sSexualOppressionfromtheBlackMen3

2.2BlackWomen’sRacialOppressionfromtheWhitePeople4

ChapterThreeBlackWomen’sAwakeningandResistance7

3.1BlackWomen’sAwakening7

3.2BlackWomen’sResistance9

ChapterFourConclusion11

Bibliography12

BlackWomen’sAwakeningandResistancein

TheColorPurple

ChapterOneIntroduction

1.1BasicInformationaboutAliceWalker

AliceWalker（1944-）isoneofthemostinfluentialAfrican-AmericanblackwomenwritersinAmericanliterature.ShewasbornonFebruary9,1944andwastheeighthandthelastchildofasharecropperfamilyinasmallruraltowninEatonton,Georgia.Whenshewaseight,herbrotheraccidentlyshotherintheeyeandthenshebecameblindinherrighteye,whichalsomadeherboreanuglyscar.Thinkingherselftobeugly,shebecamedepressed,solitaryandjusthidherselfinaroomallthetime.However,thisperiodprovidedherwithagoodchancetoreadalotofbooks,whichplayedaveryimportantroleinherlaterwritingcareer.SheattendedSpellmancollegefrom1961to1963andthentransferredtoSarahLawrencecollege,earnedaB.Ain1965.Duringhercollegelife,shewasveryinterestedintheU.SCivilRightsMovementandcontinuedtheactivismaftergraduation,whichinfluencedherwritingofhernovels.AnothermovementthatdeeplyaffectedherwastheWomen’sLiberationMovement,whichmadeAliceWalkerrealizedthenecessityoffeminismandthenecessityforblackwomentorebelandwinfreedomunderthedoubleoppressionofsocietyandfamily.Greatlyaffectedbyfeminism,AliceWalkerregardedstrivingforracialequalityandwomenliberationasherlifecareer.

AliceWalkerisaprolificwriterwhoseworkincludespoetry,novels,shortstories,essaysandcriticism.Herworkslike1965-ToHellwithDying（shortstories）,1973-InLoveandTrouble:

StoriesofBlackWomen（acollectionofshortstories）,1976-Meridian（novel）,1982-TheColorPurple（novel）,1985-HorseMakeaLandscapeLookMoreBeautiful（poetry），andsoon.Amongallherworks,thenovelTheColorPurpleisthemostfamousone,whichmadeWalkerbecomethefirstblackwomantowinthePulitzerPrizeanditwasalsoawardedtheAmericanBookAwardin1983andNationalCriticsAssociationAward.

1.2AboutTheColorPurple

Asweallknow,TheColorPurpleisAliceWalker’srepresentativework.Thenovelarousedgreatreverberationinthecriticalfield,andcreatedalotofenlighteningofitsform,contentandthemeafteritspublicationin1982.ItwasawardedthePulitzerPrize,theAmericanBookAwardforFictionandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardin1983.In1985,thenovelwasmadeintoaverypopularmoviebyStevenSpielberg.

TheColorPurpletellsthestoryofCelie,apoor,uneducated,fourteen-year-oldblackgirllivinginruralGeorgia,whoisalsotheprotagonistandnarratorofthenovel.CeliewritestoGodtotellaboutherlife—herrolesasdaughter,wife,sisterandmother,becausesheundergoesthedoubleoppressionsincechildhood.Thenoveliscomposedby92letterswhichincludethelettersCeliewritestoGod,thelettersCeliewritestoNettieandthelettersNettiewritestoCelie.

Thenoveltellsastoryofhowtheheroinebecomesanindependent,confidentandcourageouswomanfromameek,timid,andsubmissiveblackwomanfrom.ThestoryhappenedinthesouthofGeorgia.CeliewasviolentlyrapedbyherstepfatherAlfonsomanytimes,butshedarednottosaytoanybodyexceptGodbecauseherstepfatherthreatenedher.CeliehadtwochildrenbuttheyweretakenawayimmediatelybyAlfonsowhentheywereborn.LaterAlfonsomarriedhertoMr.Albert,whojustconsideredCelieasatoolforsexandhousework.Asaresult,Celieenduredahardandlovelesslife.Albertevenhadevilintentionsonhersister,Nettie.SoNettieranawayandinthefollowingthirstyyears,Celiedidn’thearfromher.Beingillness,ShugAvery,anAmerican-AfricansingeralsoAlbert’slover,wasbroughtbacktohishome.UnderthegoodcareofCelie,ShuggraduallyrecoveredandestablishedagoodfriendshipwithCelie.InfluencedbyShug,Celiebecameconfidentandalsolearnedtoappreciateherself.Later,withthehelpofShug,shefoundthatAlberthadsecretlykeptNettie’sletterstoherformanyyears.ShewassoangrythatsheleftAlbertfinally.Shegoteconomicindependencebymakingpants.AfterAlphonsodied,Celieinheritedthehousethatherbiologicalfatherleft.Ontheotherhand,AlbertwentdownslopeafterCelielefthim.Afterintrospection,hetransformedtobeagoodmanandbecamefriendswithCelie.Intheend,Celiereunitedwithhersisterandherownchildren.Celienotonlywonherrespect,loveanddignity,butalsoestablishedaharmoniousrelationshipwithmen.

ChapterTwoDoubleOppressiononBlackWomen

Asisknowntoallofus,intheBible,thefirstwomaniscreatedbyGodfromaribofAdam,thefirstmanintheworld.Fromthattimeon,womenwereconsideredtobemen’ssubsidiarywhichmakesthemalwaysinthesubmissivepositiontomen.Theyliveinthebottomofthesocietyandtheydon’thavetheequalrightswithmen.Bothwhiteandblackwomenareinthesamemiserablesituationthatwomenareoppressedbymen.However,ablackfamilyisworseandmorecomplicatedthanawhiteonebecausetheblacksareintheloweststatusinAmericansocialstructure.Accordingtotheracialsegregationanddiscrimination,whitepeopletreatblackpeoplebadlywhichimposesgreatphysicalpainandmentalanguishonthem.Whenblackmenknowthattheycouldnotoverturnthewhiteoppressionandcouldnotchangetheirsocialstatus,theyaredepressedandneedawaytoletofftheirfrustrationandtoreestablishtheirlostmasculinepower.Underthiscircumstance,theblackwomenarethebestchoice.Asaresult,theblackwomenendurebothsexualandracialdiscriminationandoppressionfromnotonlywhitepeoplebutalsoblackmen.

2.1BlackWomen’sSexualOppressionfromtheBlackMen

Asweallknow,peopleliveinthepatriarchalsocietyforaverylongperiodoftime.Inapatriarchalfamily,menareintheabsolutelystatusandauthorityandtheyhavethepowertocontrolwomen’sdestinyandtoconfinewomen’sideasandwayofliving,whichmakesbothwhiteandblackwomeninthemiserablesituation;Thatis,womenareoppressedbymen.However,whitewomen’ssituationarebetterthanblackwomen’s,whitewomenjustbeartheoppressionfromwhitemenwhileblackwomenenduretheoppressionnotonlyfromwhitemenbutalsofromblackmen.InTheColorPurple，AliceWalkerportraysseveralblackwomencharacterswhoaret