论《紫色》中黑人妇女的成长_英语论文

On The Growth of Black Women in The Color Purple

摘要

女性作家艾丽丝·沃克用独特的“妇女主义”，即黑人女性主义来表达对自己对黑人妇女这个群体的关心和支持。在她的作品里，黑人妇女备受白人社会和黑人男性的压榨和欺辱的现实得以揭露，同时，作者也大力描述了她们为争取个性和自由而进行的斗争。1982年她的小说《紫色》出版，含蓄地揭露了白人和黑人之间的种族矛盾，而重点突出黑人内部男女的矛盾冲突，讲述了一群黑人妇女通过斗争和努力改变了自己悲惨的境遇，实现了自我独立的故事，表达了黑人妇女从软弱走向争取独立、反抗重重压迫、争取平等权利过程中的艰辛。本文将从沃克的生活经历和性格出发，结合其提出的妇女主义思想，分析紫颜色中的多个人物是如何体现小说主题的。所以，论文的第一部分简述其妇女主义思想；第二部分结合妇女主义思想分析小说中多人物是如何在妇女主义者的影响和帮助下改变，最后成长为独立自由、实现了完整生存的人。

关键词： 人物形象 斗争 黑人女性 成长

Abstract

It is womanism that Alice Walker uses to express her care and support to the black women. In her works, the feelings of love and hate in black women’s hearts and the black women’s fighting for their liberation and identity are depicted. In 1982, The Color Purple was published, which mainly told the world the hardship black women suffered when they were growing up and fighting for the civil rights against all kinds of barriers. In this text, it starts at Walker’s life experiences and her characters. Combining with her womanism, the analyses of many characters in The Color Purple are represented to embody its theme. Therefore, the first part is about the thoughts of womanism; the second one combining with womanism analyzes the changes and growth of characters in the novel with womanists’ help.

Keywords: characters; fighting; the black women; grow up

Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter One the Core of Walker’s Writings------the Spirit of Womanism 6

Chapter Two the Growth of the Black Women 9

2.1  The Help of Typical Womanists 10

2.2 Black Women’s Cultural Tradition and Identity 12

2.3 Black Women’s Sisterhood 14

2.4 The Power of Heathenism Helping Break down Christianity in Black Women’s Minds 15

Conclusion 17

Bibliography 18

Acknowledgements 18