从《紫色》的分析中看黑人女性的自我觉醒英语专业本科毕业论文.docx

1、从紫色的分析中看黑人女性的自我觉醒英语专业本科毕业论文HEBEI UNITED UNIVERSITY毕业论文GRADUATE THESIS论文题目：从紫色中的分析中看黑人女性的自我觉醒2013年05月21日Self-Consciousness of Black Women in The Color Purple ByXie BingqingA graduate thesissubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the degree of Bachelor of Arts to theCollege of Foreign

2、LanguagesHebei United UniversityMay 21st, 2013摘 要爱丽丝沃克是一位著名的黑人女性作家。紫色是她最著名的作品，自这部作品出版以来引起了很多评论家和读者的关注，因为这部作品不仅涉及了种族歧视的问题，也提及了女权主义的问题。与其他作家不同的是，爱丽丝沃克不仅是看到了黑人女性的自我觉醒，还关注了女性之间的友情和黑人女性心中的信仰。本文通过分析紫色，去观察黑人女性的自我觉醒过程，在种族歧视和男权主义的双重压迫下，女主角西里由忍受到自我认识，最后到自我觉醒的精神状态的改变，冲破了种族歧视和男权主义两道精神枷锁。本文从心理、社会、文化、信仰等方面来分析黑人女性

3、如何在她们地位受压迫的时代突破双重枷锁。西丽的自我觉醒不仅激励黑人女性，而且对当今社会女性也有鼓励的作用。本文旨在通过对紫色的分析，激励女性读者，并让男性读者有一个更正确看待女性地位的态度。关键词 紫色；自我觉醒；黑人女性；非洲中心主义ABSTRACTAlice Walker is one of the greatest contemporary Afro-American writers. The Color Purple is the most famous of her works and since it was published, many critics and readers

4、are interested in it, because it talks not only about the racial discrimination but also about the feminism.Different from other authors, Alice Walker not only sees black female awakening, but also pays attention to the friendship between women and black womens believes. In this paper, through the a

5、nalysis of The Color Purple by observing the self-awakening progress of black women in the double oppression of racial discrimination and male chauvinism, the heroine Celie is found to have changed in her mental state from enduring to self-awareness, and finally breaking the two mental shackles.This

6、 article analyzes how the black women break the double yokes in the era that they are enslaved from psychological, social, cultural and devotional views. Celies self-consciousness encourages not only black women but also modern women. This article aims to stimulate female readers, and gives a correc

7、t manner to male readers about the social status of females.Keywords purple；self-consciousness；black woman；African centralism CONTENTS摘 要 IAbstract IiChapter 1 Introduction 11.1 Introduction of The Color Purple 11.2 Introduction of Alice Walker 21.3 Implied Meaning of Purple 2Chapter 2 Double Oppres

8、sions Black Women Suffered 42.1 Racial Oppression 42.2 Sexual Oppression 4Chapter 3 CelieS Self-Consciousness 63.1 Influence of African Culture 63.1.1 African Centralism 63.1.2 Influence of African Centralism on Celie 73.2 Influence of Other Women in The Color Purple 83.2.1 Nettie 83.2.2 Sofia 93.2.

9、3 Shug 93.3 Self-Consciousness of Celie 10Chapter 4 Conclusion 12Bibliography 14Acknowledgements 15Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 Introduction of The Color Purple The Color Purple is the master-piece of Alice Walkers works. Since it was published in 1982; it has become the bestseller and was republished

10、many times in following years. Alice Walker has poured her full sentiment into this work. When being completed, she suddenly thought that it seems all of her beloved have lost in suddenly. In 1983, she was awarded the Pulitzer Literature Prize for The Color Purple. Then she became the first black wo

11、man writer which laid her irreplaceable position in the history of American literature. Nearly a century after Lincoln issued Declaration of Abolitionist; United States separation and discrimination were still strong in the South. Alice Walker was born in 1944, a poor black family in Georgia Ethan D

12、ayton, the south of US. The prejudice in society and the poverty of family made her deeply realize the distress of black people. Therefore, each of her literary work displays her struggles for the black, particularly for black women to pursue racial equality and self-independence. Born in the south,

13、 naturally, Alice Walker specially preferred southern literature. As a black woman writer, Alice Walker was actively engaged in the womens movement and became a prominent feminist. Although she was outraged at the injustice for the black woman, she explored shining path unceasingly and helped the ot

14、her women to loose the oppressions. Walker insisted that black women fight for equality between men and women, the struggle against racial and economic oppression tightly related. She abandoned feminism and replaced it with womanism which is defined as the person who devoted his life to the realizat

15、ion of all people, including men and women, survival and perfectionism. Alice Walker, the concept of womens liberation is not narrow. She recognized that a black woman was not only the black, but also a woman, a human being. Womens liberation means the emancipation of men, even the liberation of all

16、 mankind. These viewpoints were revealed in The Color Purple to the greatest extent. In the novel, Walker, with the most realistic approach, described all unfortunates of the black women in male chauvinism, reflecting the self-consciousness of female and the process of improvement of their self-worth. The heroine Celie whom Walker put her hear