浅析《紫色》中的女性主义(英文论文)

浅析《紫色》中的女性主义

摘要：二十世纪美国黑人作家对美国文学的发展做出了不可磨灭的贡献，他们的作品极大地丰富了美国文学，同时也对世界文学的创作产生了巨大的影响。进入七十年代以后，黑人女作家领导文学潮流，掀起了第三次美国黑人文学高潮。艾丽丝•沃克是当代美国最杰出和最具影响力的黑人女性作家之一。她对黑人命运问题的研究探讨，引起文坛瞩目，被认为是美国黑人作家中的后起之秀，有“女才子”之誉。小说《紫色》是她文学创作的最高成就。本文主旨意在分析《紫色》中的女性主义。第一章简要地介绍了爱丽丝•沃克的个人经历及作品《紫色》。第二章论文的理论基础—女性主义的含义和它的发展阶段。第三章是本文的主体，以小说的主旨及其写作技巧—书信体形式两方面为切入点来分析《紫色》中所体现的女性主义。最后本文得出女性如果要独立、自尊、自强，需通过自己不懈的努力，战胜重重困难，最终才能取得与男性平等的社会地位与权力的结论。这也正是爱丽丝·沃克想要表达的女性主义的真正内涵。

关键词：《紫色》美国黑人女性女权主义双重压迫寻求独立

An Analysis of Feminism in The Color Purple

Li Yixuan

Abstract: Afro—American writers have made great contribution to American literature in the 20th century. Their works have enormously enriched American literature and exerted great influence on literary creation in the world. Black women writers have set off a new upsurge of literature since the 1970s. This is called the third Renaissance of Afro—American literature. Alice Walker is one of the most remarkable and influential Afro—American

writers in contemporary American literary world. Her famous novel The Color Purple is the summit of her literary achievements. The thesis is intended to explore the Feminism in the novel The Color Purple. Chapter one gives a brief introduction to Alice Walker’s personal experience and her novel The Color Purple. Chapter two shows the theoretical foundation of the thesis—Feminism, the definition and the development of it. Chapter three, is the main body of the thesis, deals with the analysis of Feminism in this novel and its writing technique—epistolary style，use these two aspects as a starting point to analysis the feminist which embodied in this novel. The end of this paper which concluded if women want to gain independence, self—esteem and self—reliance, the only thing they can do is to try every effort and to overcome the numerous difficulties to gain these things. And finally they can get the social status and social rights which is equal to men. This is exactly what Alice Walker wants to express the true meaning of the Feminism.

Keywords:The Color Purple; Afro—American women; Feminism; double oppression;

independence

Contents

承诺保证书................................................................................................I 摘要........................................................................................................ II Abstract..................................................................................................III Introduction. (1)

I. A Brief Introduction of Alice Walker and Her Novel —The Color Purple (2)

1.1 A Brief Introduction of Alice Walker (2)

1.2 Alice Walker’s Literary Work—The Color Purple (3)