Abstract:

Color Purple is a typical initiation story. It depicts the black women’s struggle for their spiritual wholeness as well as status, sexual and racial equality. It also points out to the black women that only sisterhood can help them to realize their consciousness, gain dignity and get independence. The study aims to investigate the black female consciousness of the heroine Celia from the following four parts: the first part is an introduction to the writer Alice Walker and the outline of the thesis. The second part concentrates the oppression Celia bears in the context of sexism and racism. She endures the sufferings without any resistance, which gradually pushes Celia to a hellish abyss as other black women who are suffering the same pain. The third part focuses on the awakening of Celia’s female awareness and she begins to challenge, resist and appeals to freedom with the influence and help of her sisters around her. The fourth part narrates Celia’s independence by changing beliefs. Celia courageously rebels, calls for her independence fights for freedom and tries to establish women's enterprise. With the help of sisterhood, Celia finds her dignity and gains independence. The last part concludes the thesis.

Key words: Celia; numbness; awaking; independence       

摘要：

《紫色》是一部典型的启蒙小说，它描写了黑人女性为了获得精神上的完整和性别、种族、政治上的平等而进行的斗争，同时指出黑人女性通过姐妹情谊互相团结，相互帮助获得尊严，实现自我意识的觉醒，赢得解放。本文主要从五个部分分析了主人翁西莉的女性意识的觉醒：第一部分介绍了作家爱丽丝•沃克和论文大纲，第二部分着重于西莉所受的性别和种族的双重压迫，她逆来顺受进而使自己像其他受相同遭遇的黑人女性一样一步步走向了地狱般的深渊。第三部分关注西莉的女性意识的觉醒，随着姐妹们的帮助，信仰的改变，西莉开始反抗，呼吁自由，为自由而战以及为女性建立事业。第四部分描述了在姐妹们的帮助下，西莉赢得了尊严，走向独立。最后一部分总结论文。

关键词：西莉 麻木 觉醒 独立