The novel, By the light of my father＇s smile, is the book which comprehensively embodies Alice Walker＇s womanist thoughts. In the novel, she describes a mixed tribe with both African and Indian ancestry. Through the...The novel, By the light of my father＇s smile, is the book which comprehensively embodies Alice Walker＇s womanist thoughts. In the novel, she describes a mixed tribe with both African and Indian ancestry. Through the mundo tribe with African features, she expresses her thoughts of Afracentrism. First of all, Alice Walker holds that African Americans should cherish the traditional African indigenous religion-animism, for it promotes equality and interrelateness among things. Furthermore, through Mundo people＇s cultural activities of making pots and their initiation songs, she intends to express such a womanist idea that survival and wholeness of entire race derives from that of each race, so those indigenous people who have been overrun by the powerful and wealthy western world are supposed to forgive the westerners＇ wrong doings, for only love can guide the entire race to achieve survival and wholeness.展开更多
Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, two legendary contemporary African-American writers, both are credited with contributions to bringing black literature into the mainstream and fostering a new generation of African –Am...Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, two legendary contemporary African-American writers, both are credited with contributions to bringing black literature into the mainstream and fostering a new generation of African –American authors. Both experience years that witness social upheaval like Civil Rights Movement, and they often explore similar themes. A number of their works concern issues like racism, sexism and womanism. This essay analyses womanism ideology in their two short stories—Recitatif by Toni Morrison and Everyday Use by Alice Walker.展开更多
The Temple of My Familiar,a representative work by the African American female writer Alice Walker,profoundly reveals the oppression and sufferings endured by women and nature under patriarchal rule through the life e...The Temple of My Familiar,a representative work by the African American female writer Alice Walker,profoundly reveals the oppression and sufferings endured by women and nature under patriarchal rule through the life experiences of characters such as Lissie,Fanny,Suwelo,Carlotta,Zedé,Arveyda,and Hal in different historical periods.Through the way of women telling their own stories and inheriting cultural traditions,the work highlights the tenacious strength shown by women during the process of awakening and resistance,and at the same time expresses the longing for the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature.Interpreting The Temple of My Familiar from the perspective of ecofeminism,this paper aims to analyze the dual oppression of the patriarchal society on women and nature,as well as the close emotional bond established between women and nature during the process of resistance,so as to promote the construction of an ideal world picture where men and women live in harmony and human beings coexist harmoniously with nature.In addition,this paper also provides useful references for promoting the application of ecofeminism in literary research and offers inspiration and lessons for building an ideal society with gender equality and ecological harmony.展开更多
文摘The novel, By the light of my father＇s smile, is the book which comprehensively embodies Alice Walker＇s womanist thoughts. In the novel, she describes a mixed tribe with both African and Indian ancestry. Through the mundo tribe with African features, she expresses her thoughts of Afracentrism. First of all, Alice Walker holds that African Americans should cherish the traditional African indigenous religion-animism, for it promotes equality and interrelateness among things. Furthermore, through Mundo people＇s cultural activities of making pots and their initiation songs, she intends to express such a womanist idea that survival and wholeness of entire race derives from that of each race, so those indigenous people who have been overrun by the powerful and wealthy western world are supposed to forgive the westerners＇ wrong doings, for only love can guide the entire race to achieve survival and wholeness.
文摘Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, two legendary contemporary African-American writers, both are credited with contributions to bringing black literature into the mainstream and fostering a new generation of African –American authors. Both experience years that witness social upheaval like Civil Rights Movement, and they often explore similar themes. A number of their works concern issues like racism, sexism and womanism. This essay analyses womanism ideology in their two short stories—Recitatif by Toni Morrison and Everyday Use by Alice Walker.
文摘The Temple of My Familiar,a representative work by the African American female writer Alice Walker,profoundly reveals the oppression and sufferings endured by women and nature under patriarchal rule through the life experiences of characters such as Lissie,Fanny,Suwelo,Carlotta,Zedé,Arveyda,and Hal in different historical periods.Through the way of women telling their own stories and inheriting cultural traditions,the work highlights the tenacious strength shown by women during the process of awakening and resistance,and at the same time expresses the longing for the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature.Interpreting The Temple of My Familiar from the perspective of ecofeminism,this paper aims to analyze the dual oppression of the patriarchal society on women and nature,as well as the close emotional bond established between women and nature during the process of resistance,so as to promote the construction of an ideal world picture where men and women live in harmony and human beings coexist harmoniously with nature.In addition,this paper also provides useful references for promoting the application of ecofeminism in literary research and offers inspiration and lessons for building an ideal society with gender equality and ecological harmony.
