Abstract:
Alice Walker(1944—) is one of the most outstanding contemporary Afro-American female writers in American literary circle. She is not only a fictionist and poet but also a political activist. Her masterpiece, The Color Purple, which was published in 1982, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the American Book Award. In the novel, Alice Walker advocates the ideology of feminist and praises the spirit of those black females who keep fighting against the sexual discrimination as well as the racial oppression. The novel also reveals the definition of “Womanism” presented by Walker and her view on the relationship between black males and black females. The thesis will study Walker’s “Womaism” from an unique perspective— the black males’ perspective , that is to say , to study the importance and content and influences of the “Womanism” by analyzing the influences black males have received and changes they have made due to the black females’ revolt and growth. The male characters will be divided into two types: Mr.___ and Harpo, the awakened males and Alphonso and old Mr.___ , the insusceptible males.
Key words: The Color Purple; Alice Walker; black men; womanism
摘要：
艾丽丝•沃克（1944--）是美国当代最杰出的黑人女性作家之一。她不仅是小说家和诗人，同时也是政治运动人士。其代表作《紫色》曾荣获普利策文学奖和美国国家图书奖。该小说宣扬女主义思想，英语论文，赞扬了黑人女性在遭受性别歧视和种族压迫的困境中生存，不依不挠、勇敢反抗的精神。小说还揭示了艾丽丝•沃克的妇女主义思想的内涵，以及对黑人男女联系的独特见解。该论文将不同于以往的探讨角度来研讨探讨艾丽丝•沃克笔下的女权主义，即从黑人男性的角度，通过略论他们在女性反抗与成长和解放的过程中所受到的作用和产生的变化来反映出女权主义产生的必要性，女权主义的主要内容，以及女权主义除了对女性的积极作用外对黑人男性又有着怎样的重要作用。文中将小说中男性形象大致划分为两类，即逐渐觉醒的黑人男性形象——某某先生和哈波和不为所动的男性形象——阿方索和老某某先生。
关键词：《紫色》，艾丽丝•沃克，英语毕业论文， 黑人男性，妇女主义
1. Introduction:
1.1 Introduction to Alice Walker
Alice Walker is one of the most outstanding contemporary Afro-American female writers in literary circle. She has published a great number of works which include poems, novels, short stories and essays. Most of her works focus on the hardship and miserable life of black people, especially black women, which is greatly influenced by her childhood.
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