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The Consciousness of Race and Sexual Distinction in the Color Purple

Author: XieZuoZuo
Tutor: YangHuiLin
School: Renmin University of China
Course: Comparative Literature and World Literature
Keywords: The Color Purple Gender awareness Race Anti-racism African culture Alice Walker Sisterhood Legendary American Civil War African Americans
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2005
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This paper focuses on the African-American black woman writer Alice Walker (Alice Walker) novel \The first chapter deals with the content of \This point the novel reflect the more traditional inheritance of early African American Black Fiction, The development and innovation is quite limited, so the first part of this chapter is the chronological order of the three stages of the early African-American blacks on behalf of the characteristics of the work done longitudinal studies, and works with \The first phase of the United States before the Civil War (1853-1865), mainly slave the readme Novel and blacks own novel. The theme of the novels of this period are concentrated on the expose and indictment of slavery, and mostly from the author's personal experience, with a strong autobiographical; background story from slave readme Novel, Southern plantations gradual transition to the northern city blacks own novel; literature formally legendary than reality. By contrast, \turnover, the story and the characters experience also has a strong legendary, but mainly to the realism. The second phase after the Civil War (1865-1902). Novel theme in this period, while retaining the critique and expose racial system, but also reveal the lack of postwar false \and reflect the spirit of optimism in this regard. Contrast, the author of \Shaped by a series of female Protagonist full and distinctive, called Walker a major contribution to the literature of black women. The third stage is a former World War I (1902-1917), mainly old-fashioned novel. Subject still retains the traditional anti-racial oppression, but again, this dilution legendary emphasize the African cultural traditions and the spirit of European culture and began to incorporate common narrative system. This part of the DuBois masterpiece \The second part of this chapter looks at the oral folk as the main cultural traditions of the creation of \Black Fiction in dealing with religious issues, often ironic tone is touched the white supremacist myth and ritual, formal lt; WP = gt; close to Christian mythology, cultural content is part of the nation. In \advocate and preach. Music as a black nationalist own \Complex feelings for their homeland in Africa, Walker also be in \helplessness and desolation of broken dream of Paradise \The core content of \The first part draws on sociological research methods, in-depth analysis of the root causes of domestic violence prevalent in the black race within: the concept of a patriarchal culture under the influence of the \overall tolerance of male violence and acquiescence; psychological characteristics of the perpetrators themselves; attitudes and actions taken by the victim; whether good social support network; black male pressure transfer, and so on. Black women how to be liberated and seek independent personality and self-complete, is the most important in the novel is also Walker novel real innovation. This will be described in the second part of this section. Walker seems, black women have been both race and gender oppression, the struggle of the fight against racism and anti-sexism should complement each other, intertwined - and this can be resolved through \The difference is that the dialogue between blacks and whites is non-violent, reflected to some extent, the weakness and compromise, the final results depend more on the whites own conscience; dialogue between black women and black men should resolute, courageous, and perhaps even more violent forms of resistance. Black women must exchange for the equal treatment of black men through spiritual, physical and material triple independent. It is undeniable that, Walker advocate breaking the shackles of male power, and is not aimed to feminist generation of male power, but hope that through such a dialogue and exchange of to transform her definition of these oppressive and weak men, the establishment of equality and mutual assistance Harmony amicable relations between the sexes, this new relationship will not only help women form the main body awareness, to ensure the integrity of the self, but also to strengthen racial cohesion, fight for one of the key factors of national equality. - This is Walker and other radical feminists largest difference. However, Walker women recognize self-discovery and rebuild from the ruins of the old new main external forces attributed to the \The patriarchal social repression and deformities growth love, but that she did not completely overcome the radical feminist defects. Description of the process of the female protagonist mutual love, to lead a new life together, Walker introduced singing blues, patchwork quilt cover both day-to-day activities, has a strong African cultural traditions color show from the side lt; WP = gt; them in the process of psychological growth and the formation and development of the Sisterhood. The blues stressed vocalist improvisation and play, filled with a strong sense of randomness and subjectivity?

The Consciousness of Race and Sexual Distinction in the Color Purple

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