Alice-Walker作品简介.ppt

Alice-WalkerAlice-Walker作品作品简介介This collection of short stories portrays black women who vary greatly in background but are bound together by their vulnerability to life. Roselily, on her wedding day, surrounded by her four children, prays that a loveless marriage will bring her respectability. A young writer, exploited by both her lover and her husband, wreaks an ironic vengeance. A jealous wife, looking for her husband's mistress, finds a competitor she cannot fight. An old woman, thrown out of a white church, meets God on a highway. These are just a few of the "seekers of dignity and love" portrayed in this collection.•It is a short story in In love and Trouble and remains a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their maternal ancestors changed the way we defined art, women's culture, and African American lives. By putting African American women's voices at the center of the narrative for the first time, "Everyday Use" anticipated the focus of an entire generation of black women writers. This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Walker's life, authoritative texts of "Everyday Use" and "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," an interview with Walker, six critical essays, and a bibliography.Meridian is a heartfelt and moving story about one woman's personal revolution as she joins the Civil Rights Movement. Set in the American South in the 1960s it follows Meridian Hill, a courageous young woman who dedicates herself heart and soul to her civil rights work, touching the lives of those around her even as her own health begins to deteriorate. Hers is a lonely battle, but it is one she will not abandon, whatever the costs. This is classic Alice Walker, beautifully written, intense and passionate.Feminist , feminism《紫色》1983年一举拿下代表美国文学最高荣誉的三大奖：普利策奖(Pulitzer Prize)、美国国家图书奖(The National Book Awards)、全国书评家协会奖(NBCC Award)。

￿@@中国日报网站消息：美国图书馆协会(ALA)日前公布研究报告，黑人女作家艾丽丝·沃克的小说《紫色》竟然与《哈利·波特》、《魔戒》、《傲慢与偏见》和莎士比亚戏剧一起，成为被重读次数最多的文学作品￿1.在英美传统文化中,￿紫色(￿purple)￿如同中国传统文化中的黄色(￿yellow),￿是一种“尊色”,￿是帝王之色神秘的紫色在英美文化中便是皇权、崇高和尊严的象征沃克将书名定为“紫色”并将之贯穿全文,￿象征着对美好生活和未来的追求2.主人公茜莉喜欢紫色,￿在小说刚开始时,￿茜莉渴望能买上一块紫色的布料做衣服,这是主人公渴望平等、独立的隐喻表达而在小说的结尾,￿获得人格尊严和经济独立的茜莉将自己的屋子涂成鲜艳的紫色和红色是其真正享有自己的自由和权利的象征表达,￿展示了茜莉对美好生活的渴望,￿也象征着她曾受白人社会和黑人男性双重凌辱的社会地位的改变以及她美好、独立、完整人生的开始 3.此外,“紫色”除了象征生命的尊严和人类的希望外,￿紫色还是女同性恋主义的标志书中对茜莉和莎格·艾微利(￿Shug￿Avery)￿的同性恋描写与严格意义上的同性恋性关系是有区分的,￿激进女权主义者们声称,￿女同性恋者实际上是自发的、“下意识”的女权主义者,---因此,￿沃克大胆借用“紫色”为书名,“把跪着的女性拉起来,￿把她们提到了王权的高度”,￿让黑人妇女也享有帝王般的尊严和社会地位。

•￿￿￿When￿they￿were￿in￿a￿field￿of￿purple￿flowers,￿Shug￿tells￿Celie￿to￿look￿at￿the￿flowers￿and￿embrace￿their￿beauty.￿•You￿must￿look￿at￿all￿the￿good￿and￿acknowledge￿them￿because￿God￿placed￿them￿all￿on￿earth.￿After￿learning￿this,￿Celie￿has￿a￿better￿respect￿for￿life￿and￿everything￿it￿has￿to￿offer.The Color Purple ((film)结束结束 。