关于英文小说《黄肤女》的主题分析

The theme of Yellow Woman,Definition,Theme : The meaning and the message in fiction .,Specifically,What the author has to say is the theme, the central and dominating idea in a story. Therefore ,the theme is the central idea or statement about life and unifies and controls the total work.,When we talk about theme, we should always bear in mind the following points:,1.The theme necessarily and inevitably emerges from the interplay of the various element of the work and is organically and necessarily related to the works total structure and texture. 2.The theme may be less prominent and less fully developed in some works of fiction than in others. 3.It is entirely possible that intelligent readers will differ, at times radically, on just what the theme of a given work is. 4.The theme of a given work need not be in accord with the readers particular beliefs and values, or “value system”.,The introduction of the author:,Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon on March 5, 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) to photographer Leland Howard Marmon and Mary Virginia Leslie, is a Native American writer of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, and one of the key figures in the second wave of what Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. She was one of the original recipients of the MacArthur Foundation Grant later known as the “Genius Grant“ in 1981 and the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.,Silko characterizes Yellow Woman as a female spirit fueled by a connectedness with nature and the power of femininity. Yellow Womans authority is strengthened by an awakened passion from deep within the everyday woman.,The narrator, who is nameless, struggles with this power and two identities or worlds: one is her contemporary life as a housewife and mother, and the other is the traditional pueblo heritage in Laguna. This heritage is abundant with legend and oral tradition, which she now realizes as she crosses overor becomes part ofthe reality of the story. Her experiences are a narrative that now becomes a part of the larger stories passed on by generations of oral tradition, therefore fulfilling her place or identity in the pueblo.,The woman struggles with her identity, but the brief affair she has enables her to feel empowered again. She becomes her oral tradition when she accepts the role of Yellow Woman, and recognizes that Yellow Woman may be hidden in all women. Through the reflections of the narrator, it becomes evident to the reader that Yellow Woman is caught between two worlds.,The man at the riverbank, or kachina spirit, already reveals one character owning elements of two realities. The tone of the story tells the reader that the pueblo culture is matrilineal rather than male dominated as in Western culture. This Native American culture values fertility, which further strengthens the significance of the female sexuality and hierarchy in society.,As the story progresses, this woman accepts that the two worlds are a part of each other and this concept comes to fruition in the story “Cottonwood.” The moral reveals a self-sacrificing heroine who gives of herself so that her people will not go hungry.,The protagonists are women Yellow Woman. Not only does the narrator take Yellow Womans place in the stories, she steps into her grandfathers shoes; she is the storyteller who will renew the Pueblos traditions through her telling of the story. In the Western male-dominated society, it is the male who serves as hero to provide for his family or community. It is interesting to note the theme of a woman dominant society highlighted again when the heroine says her grandfather chose “Yellow Woman” as his favorite story.,THE general theme is as follows: Firstly, this article remedy that on the current American, native woman of American are treated unfairly. they are dominated by man, which is different from the ordinary native woman of American Who are dominated and have many pleasure.,1.the title an author gives the work often suggests a particular focus or emphasis for the readers attention. In this story, the title, Yellow Woman appeal to our readers attention- -what is the yellow woman? why named yellow woman? In addtition,this title suggest that the main theme that woman is important. -,2.For example, in this story, when Silva And yellowwoman suffer from rancher, “Silva turned to me and smile: Go back up the mountain, yellow woman ”.This Sentence show that yellow woman is Treated equally and woman is dominated at the India American culture,3.In he whole story, Silva treat the yellow woman respectively and politely. This also show that woman Play an important role in the India American culture, but now India woman is not like that time.,Secondly, now many India-American people have no clear idea about their indentify and forget their native culture from ancestors .that is to say, this generation of native American people is deeply lost .,In the whole story, readers don