Alice Walker.ppt

AliceWalkerisanAmericannovelist short storywriter poet essayist andactivist Hermostfamousnovel TheColorPurple wasawardedthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAwardin1983 AliceWalker screativevisionisrootedintheeconomichardship racialterrorism andfolkwisdomofAfricanAmericanlifeandculture particularlyintheruralSouth Herwritingexploresmultidimensional 多面的 kinshipamongwomen amongmenandwomen amonghumansandanimals andembracestheredemptivepowerofsocial spiritualandpoliticalrevolution BriefIntroduction EarlyLife WalkerwasborninEatonton Georgia theyoungestofeightchildren toWillieLeeWalkerandMinnieLouTallulahGrant Herfather whowas inherwords wonderfulatmathbutaterriblefarmer earnedonly 300ayearfromsharecroppinganddairyfarming whilehermothersupplementedthefamilyincomebyworkingasamaid LivingunderJimCrowLaws Walker smotherhadstruggleswithlandlordswhoexpectedthechildrenofblacksharecropperstoworkthefieldsatayoungage Whenshewasfouryearsold Alicewasenrolledinthefirstgrade ayearaheadofschedule Growingupwithanoraltradition listeningtostoriesfromhergrandfather themodelforthecharacterforMr inTheColorPurple Walkerwaswriting veryprivately sinceshewaseightyearsold Withmyfamily Ihadtohidethings shesaid AndIhadtokeepalotinmymind In1952 WalkerwasaccidentallywoundedintherighteyebyashotfromaBBgunfiredbyoneofherbrothers Thenshewaspermanentlyblindinthateye feltlikeanoutcastandsheturnedforsolacetoreadingandtowritingpoetry shesubsequentlybecamevaledictorian 作告别演说者 andwasvotedmost populargirl aswellasqueenofherseniorclass sherealizedthathertraumaticinjuryhadsomevalue itallowedhertobegin reallytoseepeopleandthings reallytonoticerelationshipsandtolearntobepatientenoughtocareabouthowtheyturnedout asshehassaid Activism AliceWalkermetMartinLutherKingJr whenshewasastudentatSpelmanCollegeinAtlantaintheearly1960s WalkercreditsKingforherdecisiontoreturntotheAmericanSouthasanactivistfortheCivilRightsMovement Sheattendedthefamous1963MarchonWashington AsayoungadultshevolunteeredhertimeregisteringvotersinGeorgiaandMississippiOnMarch8 2003 InternationalWomen sDay ontheeveoftheIraqWar AliceWalker MaxineHongKingston authorof TheWomanWarrior andTerryTempestWilliams authorof AnUnspokenHunger werearrestedalongwith24othersforcrossingapolicelineduringananti warprotestrallyoutsidetheWhiteHouse Walkerwroteabouttheexperienceinheressay WeAretheOnesWeHaveBeenWaitingFor InNovember2008 AliceWalkerwrote AnOpenLettertoBarackObama thatwaspublishedonT InMarch2009 AliceWalkertraveledtoGazaalongwithagroupof60otherfemaleactivistsfromtheanti wargroupCodePink inresponsetothecontroversialIsraelioffensiveofDecember2008 January2009 Thepurposeofthetripwastodeliveraid tomeetwithNGOsandresidents andtopersuadeIsraelandEgypttoopentheirbordersintoGaza SheplannedtovisitGazaagaininDecember2009toparticipateintheGazaFreedomMarch Novelsandshortstorycollections TheThirdLifeofGrangeCopeland 1970 InLoveandTrouble StoriesofBlackWomen 1973 Meridian 1976 TheColorPurple 1982 YouCan tKeepaGoodWomanDown Stories 1982 ToHellWithDying 1988 TheTempleofMyFamiliar 1989 FindingtheGreenStone 1991 PossessingtheSecretofJoy 1992 TheCompleteStories 1994 ByTheLightofMyFather sSmile 1998 TheWayForwardIswithaBrokenHeart 2000 NowIsTheTimetoOpenYourHeart 2005 Devil sMyEnemy 2008 Poetrycollections Once 1968 RevolutionaryPetuniasandOtherPoems 1973 GoodNight WillieLee I llSeeYouintheMorning 1979 HorsesMakeaLandscapeLookMoreBeautiful 1985 HerBlueBodyEverythingWeKnow EarthlingPoems 1991 AbsoluteTrustintheGoodnessoftheEarth 2003 APoemTraveledDownMyArm PoemsAndDrawings 2003 CollectedPoems 2005 PoematThirty Nine Non fiction InSearchofOurMothers Gardens WomanistProse 1983 LivingbytheWord 1988 WarriorMarks 1993 TheSameRiverTwice HonoringtheDifficult 1996 AnythingWeLoveCanBeSaved AWriter sActivism 1997 GoGirl TheBlackWoman sBookofTravelandAdventure 1997 PemaChodronandAliceWalkerinConversation 1999 SentByEarth AMessagefromtheGrandmotherSpiritAftertheBombingoftheWorldTradeCenterandPentagon 2001 WeAretheOnesWeHaveBeenWaitingFor 2006 MississippiWinterIVOvercomingSpeechlessness 2010 Selectawardsandhonors PulitzerPrizeforFictionforColorPurple 1983 firstblackwoman NationalBookAward Firstblackwoman O HenryAwardfor KindredSpirits 1985 HonoraryDegreefromtheCaliforniaInstituteoftheArts 1995 AmericanHumanistAssociationnamedheras HumanistoftheYear 1997 TheLillianSmithAwardfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsTheRosenthalAwardfromtheNationalInstituteofArts LettersTheRadcliffeInstituteFellowship theMerrillFellowship andaGuggenheimFellowshipTheFrontPageAwardforBestMagazineCriticismfromtheNewswoman sClubofNewYorkInductiontotheCaliforniaHallofFameinTheCaliforniaMuseumforHistory Women andtheArts 2006 Thanks TheColorPurple 1982 Itreceivedthe1983PulitzerPrizeforFictionandtheNationalBookAward Itwaslateradaptedintoafilmandmusicalofthesamename TakingplacemostlyinruralGeorgia thestoryfocusesonfemaleblacklifeduringthe1930sintheSouthernUnitedStates addressingthenumerousissuesincludingtheirexceedinglylowpositioninAmericansocialculture ThenovelhasbeenthefrequenttargetofcensorsandappearsontheAmericanLibraryAssociationlistofthe100MostFrequentlyChallengedBooksof2000 2009atnumberseventeenbecauseofthesometimesexplicitcontent particularlyintermsofviolence TheJimCrowlawswerestateandlocallawsintheUnitedStatesenacted 颁布 between1876and1965 Theymandated