1、Viewing Black Feminist Literature through the Color Purple 由紫色看黑人女性主义,2019/5/29,Outline,1.Definition of Black Feminist Literature 2.Introduction of the Color Purple 3.Analysis of the Characters in the Color of Purple 4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读 5. the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple 6.Literature Work
2、s of Feminsim,1.Black Feminist Literature,An one branch of feminist literature ,black feminist literature arose in 1970s ,America ,which mainly studies on gender discrimination imposed on women ,racism,prejudice on class .Those persecutions release the misery that black women had gone through and pr
3、ovide some methods for them to live their life from pain .,1.黑人女性主义文学,作为女性主义文学的一个分支,黑人女性主义文学兴起于二十世纪七十年代的美国。它主要研究美国社会强加于妇女身上的性别歧视、种族歧视和阶级偏见等多重压迫,揭示黑人妇女在这些压迫下所受的苦难,并为她们提供一些摆脱苦难的方法。,2019/5/29,Outline,1.Definition of Black Feminist Literature 2.Introduction of the Color Purple 3.Analysis of the Characte
4、rs in the Color of Purple 4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读 5. the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple 6.Literature Works of Feminsim,2.Introduction of The Color Purple,Author of the Color of Purple,Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author, poet, and activist. She has written both f
5、iction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.,2019/5/29,Introduction of The Color Purple,Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story focuses on female black l
6、ife in the 1930s in the southern United States, addressing numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture,black racism and African colonism. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Fre
7、quently Challenged Books of 2000-2009 at number seventeen because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence.,紫色介绍,反映了当时美国社会存在的许多重要社会问题妇女问题、黑人种族问题、非洲殖民问题等; 更多地是在探讨黑人男女之间相处的地位问题及其解决的办法; 书中妹妹内蒂前往非洲寻找黑人的“根”,也涉及了美籍黑人的祖源问题,并提出了作者的看法 黑人的根是在非洲,2019/5/29,Outline,1.Definition of Bla
8、ck Feminist Literature 2.Introduction of the Color Purple 3.Analysis of the Characters in the Color of Purple 4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读 5. the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple 6.Literature Works of Feminsim,2019/5/29,3.Analysis of the Characters in the Color of Purple,Celie Bieber is the main charac
9、ter, who has been oppressed by men her whole life. As an adolescent, she is raped by her father and soon thereafter gives birth to two children that are taken away from her. Her father gives her away to be married to Mr. Johnson, and be friends Shug Avery, a blues singer which leads to a sexual rela
10、tionship between Celie and Shug. Shug has a significant influence on Celie and she begins to model herself after following her views and opinions leading her ultimately to a life of independence. Shug influences not only the way that Celie allows Mr. Johnson to treat her, but also her religious view
11、s. In showing Celie that it is all right to commit sin but still believe in and live for God, she broadens Celies view on religion. It is also Shug who frees Celie from Mr. Johnsons bondage, first by loving her, then by helping her to start a custom sewing business. From Shug, Celie learns that Albe
12、rt has been hiding letters written to her from Africa by her sister Nettie, a missionary. These letters, full of educated, firsthand observation of African life, form a moving counterpoint to Celies life. They reveal that in Africa, just as in America, women are persistently oppressed by men.,2019/5
13、/29,Nettie is Celies younger sister, whom Celie saves from living the tragic life that she had to endure. Due to the fact that Nettie is prettier than Celie, who has been dubbed ugly, Mr. Johnson is originally interested in Nettie as a wife, but settles for Celie. Nettie runs away from home to be wi
14、th Celie, yet when Mr. Johnson forces Nettie to leave, she promises to write to Celie and tells her that only God can keep them apart. Nettie is eventually taken in by Samuel and Corrine, a missionary couple, with whom she travels to Africa as a missionary. While in Africa, Nettie becomes the caregi
15、ver of Samuel and Corrines children and religiously writes to Celie for decades. Nettie marries Samuel after Corrines death and moves back to America with Celies children. Through explaining her experiences to Celie, Nettie encourages Celie to be more enthusiastic and optimistic about life. Nettie f
16、inds that while there isnt racial disparity there, gender disparity exists. The women of the tribe arent treated as equals, and arent permitted to attend school.,2019/5/29,Outline,1.Definition of Black Feminist Literature 2.Introduction of the Color Purple 3.Analysis of the Characters in the Color o
17、f Purple 4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读 5. the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple 6.Literature Works of Feminsim,2019/5/29,4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读,紫色中黑人女性形象解读,白人女性与黑人男性都有双重身份他们既是压迫者也是被压迫者。白人女性可能是性别歧视的牺牲品,但种族歧视允许他们成为黑人的剥削者和压迫者。黑人男性可能是种族歧视的牺牲品,但性别歧视允许他们成为黑人女性的剥削者和压迫者。可见,黑人女性不可避免地沦为社会强势集团推行任意强势政策的牺牲品。,紫色中黑人男性形象解读,1.残暴
18、的恶男人形象(西莉亚继父)骚扰幼女 虐待妻子 2.由恶变善成熟黑人男性(西莉亚丈夫)西莉亚离家出走后 孤独中反省自己 3.完美男人形象(塞谬尔 杰克 亚当)尊重妇女 真爱他人,2019/5/29,Outline,1.Definition of Black Feminist Literature 2.Introduction of the Color Purple 3.Analysis of the Characters in the Color of Purple 4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读 5. the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple
19、 6.Literature Works of Feminsim,2019/5/29,5.the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple,1 the color purple describe the protagonist ceile who was the representative of the black women pursued the equal rights and identity, paying more attention to them 2 the scenes of survival and the spirit of
20、struggle of ceile showed the attitude that black women lived actively 3 ceiles tolerant spirit and philanthropic mind was the soul that the writer expressed Womanism 4 ceiles aesthetic consciousness was the metaphorization of the writers point,紫色中妇女主义新理念,紫色描写了西莉亚为代表的黑人女性追求平等权利和个人身份的斗争,扩大女权主义关注范围 西莉亚
21、顽强的生存意识和斗争精神体现了 妇女主义积极向上的生活态度 西莉亚宽容精神和博爱胸怀正是作者妇女主义的灵魂所在 西莉亚的审美意识巧妙地隐喻了作者的妇女主义观点,2019/5/29,Outline,1.Definition of Black Feminist Literature 2.Introduction of the Color Purple 3.Analysis of the Characters in the Color of Purple 4.紫色中黑人男女形象的解读 5. the New Concept of Feminsim in the Color Purple 6.Liter
22、ature Works of Feminsim,6.Literature Works of Feminsim,2019/5/29,爱托尼 莫里森,爱是托尼莫里森小说作品的基本主题。母爱是黑人母亲自我授权的源泉,也是她们履行母性职能的方式。母亲以身体孕育着共生且分离的黑人女儿,并在日常的生活实践中培养出懂得自爱价值的主体。在母爱和自爱的基础上,黑人女性把爱的真谛传播给黑人社区的每个成员,使互爱成为改善男/女、个体/群体关系的建设性力量。,2019/5/29,他们的眼望上苍佐拉尼尔赫斯顿,赫斯顿在他们的眼睛望着上帝中采用了南方黑人共享的方言土语和独特的表达方式,并加以“修正”,使之与黑人民俗文化融合在一起,铸成一种体现黑人特征的文学语言,使得这部小说成为具有强烈黑人性的代表作品。这部作品的语言特色和其他叙事策略以及它的女性主义的主题使它能在被湮埋了几十年后又重放异彩,成为美国文学史上的经典。,