《紫色》.ppt

* Alice Walker 制作者: 刘应春 许亚萍 (February 9, 1944---) Life 1.Walker was born in a small rural town of a poor family . Georgia ,the youngest of eight children. 2.Growing up with an oral tradition, listening to stories from her grandfather ,Walker was writing—very privately—since she was eight years old. 3.At the age of 8,she lost sight of one eye by accident. 4. Alice Walker met Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a student at Spelman College in Atlanta in the early 1960s. Walker credits King for her decision to return to the American South as an activist for the Civil Rights Movement. She attended the famous 1963 March on Washington. As a young adult she volunteered her time registering voters in Georgia and Mississippi 5.In 1972,she taught at the college of Wellesley ,and established the course of women literature. 6.Another movement that influenced her deeply was the Women’s Liberation Movement which she regarded as white women’s movement. Works The Third Life of Grange Copeland(1970) 《格兰奇科普兰的第三次生命》 Meridian(1976) 《梅里迪安》 The Color Purple(1982) 《紫色》 The Temple of My Familiar(1989) Possessing the Secret of Joy(1990) 《紫色》1983年一举拿代表美国文学最高荣誉的三大奖：普利策奖(Pulitzer Prize)、美国国家图书奖(The National Book Awards)、全国书评家协会奖(NBCC Award) 沃克的代表作《紫色》为读者建构了一个在异质文化侵蚀下怪诞变形的黑人世界，成功地塑造了主人公西丽在白人社会和黑人男性双重压迫下寻找自我、重塑自我，获得新生的艰难历程。 The color purple plot 大约20世纪初到第二次世界大战前夕，在美国南方佐治亚乡村，十四岁的黑人女孩西丽被后父奸污，生下两个孩子。多病的母亲不了解真相活活气死了。她的孩子被后父抢走失踪，她本人又被迫嫁给已有四个孩子的鳏夫。丈夫另有所爱，对她百般虐待，而她受旧思想旧习俗的影响只是自叹命苦，从不反抗，只在给上帝写的信里倾诉内心的痛苦。她对丈夫毫无感情，甚至不愿意叫他的名字，只称他为某某先生。善良的西丽发现后父和丈夫都对妹妹耐蒂不怀好心，便帮助她离家出走。另一方面，她任劳任怨地把丈夫前妻的儿女抚养成人。 大儿子哈波结婚以后，想像父亲那样使唤打骂老婆，但儿媳妇索菲亚生性倔强，不肯对丈夫俯首贴耳唯命是从，在生了好几个孩子以后还是离开了哈波。西丽丈夫以前的情人，歌唱家莎格患重病流落街头。某某先生把她接到家里，她在西丽的精心护理下恢复了健康，两人成了知心朋友。莎格开导西丽要充分认识自己的聪明才智，要跟大男子主义思想作斗争，主动争取女人应有的权利。 莎格的启发开阔了西丽的眼界，她开始用新的眼光观察世界、考虑问题。后来，莎格发现西丽的丈夫一直把耐蒂从非洲写来的信件秘密收藏起来不让她知道。西丽在愤怒之余决定脱离某某先生，跟莎格去孟菲斯 。她走出家庭学习缝纫，成为手艺精湛的裁缝，开起裁缝铺，过上了独立自主的生活。 某某先生经过痛苦的思想斗争，认识到过去大男子主义思想的错误，向西丽作了诚恳的检讨，获得了西丽的原谅。他们不再是夫妻