艾丽斯.沃克小说研究 本书特色
艾丽斯·沃克（1944－）是美国当代杰出的黑人女性文学家和社会活动家，不仅创作了大量**的小说、诗歌、散文作品，而且以倡导妇女主义思想成为美国社会关注人类生存环境的领军人物。
水彩琴*的这本《艾丽斯·沃克小说研究（英文版）》为沃克小说（主要是长篇小说）的主题研究，内容涉及作者评介、文献回顾、妇女主义理论探微、文本分析等。文本分析（第四至七章）是全书的重心，将沃克小说纳入妇女主义视野，解读了其中诸如黑人男子气节及人性的回归、黑人女性颠覆男性和白人霸权的斗争、黑人民俗文化的传承以及两性和谐、种族和谐乃至人与自然的和谐等关乎美国黑人乃至整个人类生存的共同主题。
艾丽斯.沃克小说研究 目录
Preface
Chapter I "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" : Alice Walker's Activism and Writing1.1 Striving for the Womanist Ideal1.2 "Living by the Word"1.3 Striving through the Word
Chapter II Beyond Measure: Critical Responses to Alice Walker's Novels2.1 Researches in the Western World2.2 Researches in China
Chapter III From Lavender to Purple: The Formation of the Womanist Theory3.1 Womanism, and Feminism and Black Feminism3.2 The Emergence of Womanism3.3 Womanist TheoryChapter IV In Pursuit of Manhood and Humanity: The Transformation of the Male Images4.1 The Limitations of the Stereotypes of Black Males4.2 The Process of Self-improvement: Shaking off the Confines of Supremacist Patriarchy
Chapter V Over the Racial and Patriarchal Hegemony: Lesbianism and Sisterhood within Black Women5.1 Lesbianism: The Sexual Subversion of the Male Dominance5.2 Sisterhood: The Possibility of Black Women's Autonomy
Chapter VI Toward Cosmopolitanism: Humanity and Harmony in the Later Novels6.1 The Pursuit of Harmonious Union in The Temple of My Familiar6.2 The Humanistic Concern in By the Light of My Father's Smile6.3 The Quest for Harmony in Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart
Chapter VII Within the Black Folklore: The Common Bond between Hurston and Walker7.1 The Literary Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction7.2 The Linguistic Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction7.3 The Religious Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction7.4 The Artistic Folkloric Materials in Hurston's and Walker's Fiction
Bibliography
Appendix I
Appendix II
Afterword
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