无语的艺术形式爱丽斯沃克的日常生活美学观毕业论文Word下载.docx

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Abstract

BeforeAliceWalker,blackwomen'

sdailylifealmostdidnotenterthecritics'

viewsandstudies.ButAliceWalkerexpressedthegreatarthiddeninblackwomen'

sdailylifesuchassewingquilts,diggingherbs,cultivatingthegarden,etc.Sheregardedtheblackwomenasthespecialartistsandbelievedthattheycreatedakindof"

speechlessartform"

.Thisessaywillrevealthe"

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’s