声明
Acknowledgments
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Alice Walker and The Color Purple
1.2 Literature Review on The Color Purple
1.3 Theoretical Basis and Overview of the Thesis
Chapter Two Narrative Voice and Female Authority
2.1 A Review of Feminist Narratology on Narrative Voice
2.2.Celie’s Personal Narrative Voice:Claiming Black Female Subjectivity
2.3.Celie’s Epistolary Writing:Creating Black Women’s Space of Power
2.4 Celie’s black Vernacular Form:Reflecting Black Women’s Discourse Authority
Chapter Three Focalization and Female Subjectivity
3.1 The Classification of Focalization and Its Significance
3.2 The Usage of Internal Focalization in The Color Purple
3.2.1 Celie’s Observation on Sofia:Contributing to Her Self-reflection
3.2.2 Celie’s Observation on Shug:Facilitating Her Self-transformation
3.2.3 Celie’s Observation on Albert:Validating Her Self-identification
Chapter Four ‘‘Quiltlike” Narrative Structure:People’s Survival as Wholeness
4.1 The Cultural and Historical Context of ‘‘Quilting’’
4.2 The Usage of ‘‘Quiltlike’’ Narrative Structure in The Color Purple
4.3 The Application of Those Embedded Patterns:Reflecting Walker’s Wide Ideological Concerns
4.3.1 The Embedded Pattern of Shug’s Blues and Squeak’s Transformation
4.3.2 The Embedded Pattern of Sofia’s Struggle
4.3.3.The Embedded Pattern of Olinka World
Chapter Five Conclusion
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