The_Color_Purple-紫色--爱丽丝-沃克

TheColorPurplContent•1.AboutAliceWalker2.TheColorPurpleThemes••MoreQuestionsMainCharactersAliceWalkerBriefIntroduction•AliceWalkerisanAfricanAmericannovelist,short-storywriter,poet,essayist,andactivist.•thefirstblackwomanwhowonthePulitzerPrizeforFiction(普利策小说奖)andNationalBookAward(国家图书奖)•participatedincivilrightsdemonstrations.•coinedthewordWomanist(妇女主义者)forablackfeministorfeministofcolor.•Shealsocontinuestobeactiveinenvironment,feministcauses,andissuesofeconomicjustice.EarlylifeandExperiences•BornonFebruary9th1944inasmallruraltownofapoorfamily.•theyoungestofeightchildren,herparentssupplementedthefamilyincomebyworkingasamaidandasharecropper.•Growingupwithanoraltradition,listeningtostoriesfromhergrandfather,Walkerwaswriting—veryprivately—sinceshewaseightyearsold.•8yearsoldherrighteyehasbeenpermanentblind•allowedhertobeginreallytoseepeopleandthings,reallytonoticerelationshipsandtolearntobepatientenoughtocareabouthowtheyturnedout.Aftershegraduatedfromherlocalschool,sheattendedSpelmanCollege,SarahLawrenceCollegebyscholarship,graduatingin1965.LaterexperiencesinUgandaandKenya(肯尼亚）)mostprobablyhelpedhertounderstandtheAfricanculture.Novelsandshortstorycollections•TheThirdLifeofGrangeCopeland(1970)•InLoveandTrouble:StoriesofBlackWomen(1973)•Meridian(1976)•TheColorPurple(1982)•YouCan'tKeepaGoodWomanDown:Stories(1982)•ToHellWithDying(1988)•TheTempleofMyFamiliar(1989)•FindingtheGreenStone(1991)•PossessingtheSecretofJoy(1992)•TheCompleteStories(1994)•ByTheLightofMyFather'sSmile(1998)•TheWayForwardIswithaBrokenHeart(2000)•NowIsTheTimetoOpenYourHeart(2005)•Devil'sMyEnemy(2008Poetrycollections•Once(1968)•RevolutionaryPetuniasandOtherPoems(1973)•GoodNight,WillieLee,I'llSeeYouintheMorning(1979)•HorsesMakeaLandscapeLookMoreBeautiful(1985)•HerBlueBodyEverythingWeKnow:EarthlingPoems(1991)•AbsoluteTrustintheGoodnessoftheEarth(2003)•APoemTraveledDownMyArm:PoemsAndDrawings(2003)•CollectedPoems(2005)•PoematThirty-NineNon-fiction•InSearchofOurMothers'Gardens:WomanistProse(1983)•LivingbytheWord(1988)•WarriorMarks(1993)•TheSameRiverTwice:HonoringtheDifficult(1996)•AnythingWeLoveCanBeSaved:AWriter'sActivism(1997)•GoGirl!:TheBlackWoman'sBookofTravelandAdventure(1997)•PemaChodronandAliceWalkerinConversation(1999)•SentByEarth:AMessagefromtheGrandmotherSpiritAftertheBombingoftheWorldTradeCenterandPentagon(2001)•WeAretheOnesWeHaveBeenWaitingFor(2006)•MississippiWinterIV•OvercomingSpeechlessness(2010)Writingcareerandsuccessmainworks:《格兰奇科普兰的第三次生命》《梅里迪安》《紫色》TheColorPurple•Herbestknownwork•Shebecameacelebratedwriterforwhichshereceivedthegreatestawardsofherlife—theAmericanBookAwardin1982andoneyearlaterthePulitzerprizeforFiction.•ItwasevenmadeintoasuccessfulmoviebyStephenSpielberg.MaincharactersCelieNettie(youngersister)Shug(loveofCelie)Albert(husband)Alphonso（stepfather）Olivia(daughterofCelie)Adam(sonofCelie)Harpo(sonofAlbert)Sofia(Harpo’swife)SamuelCorrineMary(hissecondwife)Plot•TakingplacemostlyinruralGeorgia,thestoryfocusesonthelifeofwomenofcolorinthesouthernUnitedStatesinthe1930s.•Thenovelopenswithademandforsilencethatleavesafourteen-year-oldgirlnamedCeliewithnowaytoexpressherpainandconfusionexceptinthelettersshewritestoGod.Celieisrapedrepeatedlybyherstepfather,Alphonso,andhastwochildrenbyhim—childrenhegivesawaywithoutherconsent.•Later,sheisforcedintoalovelessmarriage,leavinghersisterNettiealonewithAlphonso.NettieescapeshissexualadvancesbymovinginwithCelieandherhusband,Mr.Albert.ThisarrangementisnobetterthanthepreviousoneandNettieisagainforcedtoleave.SheultimatelyendsupinAfricawhereshewritestoCelieofherexperiences.•ForCelie,marriageisnothingmorethanashiftwithinthequicksandsofabuseandmaledomination.AlbertbeatsherbecausesheisnotShugAvery,thewomanhelovesbutdoesnothavethecouragetomarry.Surprisingly,CelieandShugdevelopanintimaterelationship.Morethananyone,Shug'sinfluentialpresenceandacceptancegiveCeliethestrengthsheneedstoredefineherself,takechargeofherlife,andleaveAlbert.•ShugandCeliemovetoMemphiswhereCeliebeginsacareerdesigningandsellingpants.Afterherstepfather'sdeath,shereturnstoherfamilyhome.NettiealsoreturnswithCelie'stwochildrenfromAfricatoAmerica.ThenovelendswithareconciliationofCelieandAlbert'sfriendship.ThemesWomanistTheheritageoftheblackDomesticviolenceWomanistTheawakeningofself-hoodRacismEconomicoppressionWomanist•Aliceabandonsthetermof“blackfeminism”,andcoins“womanist”fortheblackwomen,todifferfromthewhitefeminism.Shetriestocombineracismandfeminismtogether.••TheaimofAlice’sWomanististowakeupandrebuildtheblackwoman’sselfhoodandselfvalue.Themissionforitistofightagainstpatriarchy,racismandclassismsimultaneously.1.Theawakeningofself-hoodObedientandenslavedstage•Rapedbyherstepfather•GiventoAlbertwithoutcomplain•BeatenandenslavedbyAlbert•WritingtothewhitemaleGodtheawakeningofself-awarenessandresistancestage•Theawakeningofhersexualdesire•Theawakeningofherdignityandindependence•WritingtoNettie,thinkingaboutwhoisGodandwhatdoeshedoforher.Independentandgenerousstage•Owninghercareer•Livingwithspiritualandeconomicindependence•Writingtoeverything,