从妇女主义的角度解析紫色这本书毕业论文(编辑修改稿)

从妇女主义的角度解析紫色这本书毕业论文(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

people, male and female” (Walker, 1983:77). Survival whole is the core of womanism. Walker‟s womanism is not only against the gender discrimination, but also against the inequality of race and class. Alice Walker calls for all people of different races, colors and genders coexist equally and peacefully to achieve human‟s survival whole. Advocating the Braveness and Confidence of black women Alice Walker gives the origin of the womanism in the first interpretation. Hence a womanist must have some characters which the word “womanish” implies, such as brave, courageous, responsible, selfconfident, and grownup and so on. As a womanist, Alice Walker shows these characters pletely. When Alice Walker was young, she was very confident. She dared to cry out “I‟m the prettiest” in front of her brothers (Walker 1983, 385). Alice Walker actively took part in the Civil Rights Movement and Black Women‟s Movement, When she studied in college. What‟s more, she was the pioneer who opens black women literature course in college. Praising the Sisterhood of Black Women In Alice Walker‟s works, we can find that the good relationship among women can be found everywhere. For instance, In The Color Purple, the mutual love and 4 support among Celie, Sofia, Nettie, Shug, and Squeak, demonstrates the important influence of sisterhood on the liberation of black women. Alice Walker also emphasizes women‟s emotion and women‟s culture, one of which is making quilts. When Alice Walker wrote The Color Purple, she lived a very simple life in a mountain village, but she still did not fet to make the quilt. “I bought […] a quilt pattern my mama swore was easy,[…].I worked on my quilt […].My quilt began to grow” (Walker 1983, 358). To some extent, making quilts help her to finish the novel. In The Color Purple, Celie, Sophie and Shug also made a quilt named “sister‟s choice”, which symbolizes their precious friendships. Pursuing the Harmony of Two Sexe Alice Walker never fets black men. The womanist should mit themselves to the entire things of the world, whether they are male or female, human beings or nature. Sometimes, Alice Walker is criticized by her negative depiction of men, especially black men, but she is not a separatist. Alice Walker only wants to show human beings a fact that black woman is suffering unfair treatments and great hurt. Therefore, great hurt hopes that black men can realize and rectify their problem. And they can bee friends of black women. At the end of The Color Purple, the change of Albert and Harpo is a good illustration of Walker‟s wish of achieving the harmony of two sexes. The American Heritage Dictionary defines womanist as: “Having or expressing a belief in or respect for women and their talents and abilities beyond the boundaries of race and class。 exhibiting a feminism that is inclusive esp. of Black American culture” (Harcouri, 20xx:312) Summary Walker‟s womanist theories provides a new theoretical perspective to American black women‟s movement, feminist criticism and even American literature. There is no doubt that as a prolific writer and daring practical thinker, Walker is the greatest AfricanAmerican womanist in the 20th century. 5 2. Four Female Characters of Womanism in The Color Purple Celie Celie is the main character, who has been oppressed by men her whole life. Celie is treated as“ the mule of the world” (walker,1983) and suffer from both racial discrimination and sexual abuse． At the beginning of The Color Purple， Celie‟s father says，“ you better not never tell nobody but God．” (Walker,1982： 1)Being deprived of the speech fight， Celie turns her inner feelings to letters where she can express herself freely． At the start of the novel, Celie views God as pletely separate from her world. She writes to God because she has no other way to express her feelings. She tells Shug that she sees God as a white man. Celie has this belief because everyone she knows has said God is white and a male. The ugly men Albert and he step father hardly destroy her whole life. Luckily, Shug tells her God has no race or gender. This enables Celie to see God in a different way. She realizes that you cannot place qualities on God because God is a part of the unknown. Her faith is now based on her interpretation of God, not one she learned from someone else. With the help of Shug, Celie found out letters written to her from Africa by her sister Nettie, a missionary. These letters, full of educated, firsthand observation of African life, form a moving counterpoint to Celie39。 s life. They reveal that in Africa, just as in America, women are persistently oppressed by men. Shug Shug is a charming and rebellious character“ in short skirt， smoking cigarettes，drinking gin， music for money and talking about slut， hussy， heifer and street cleaner”(walker， 1982： 49)． According to Alice Walker, womanists are who loves dance， loves music， loves the spirit， loves love and loves herself. It appears that Shug is a womanist who expresses her real feelings in the music and firmly believes the blues themes of love，sexuality and freedom． Shug is a very extroverted and transcendental character. She is Albert39。 s exgirlfriend, the one who always got away. When she es back to visit Albert, she shakes up not only his feelings, but also those of Celie. She influences Albert to the point that he ends up treating Celie better than he ever had. By showing Celie the wonders of life and her body, she helps Celie develop herself emotionally and spiritually. Shug also helps Celie discover the long lost letters that her sister Nettie had written to her. In allowing Celie to view these letters, Shug is supplying her with even more hope and inspiration, letting Celie see that in the end, everything works out for the b。