Alice Walker's Womanism in Meridian  

作　　者：甘霖 

机构地区：[1]Dianchi College of Yunnan University

出　　处：《海外英语》2015年第6期138-140,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：Meridian is one of Alice Walker's early work. It tells a story that happened in the American south during the 1960 s and early 70s'. It describes the life of the main character, Meridian Hill, a black woman from a southern town, who got out of the oppression of white society, and ends up in participate in Civil Rights Movement. The paper firstly illustrates the soul of womanism—anti-sexism, anti-racism, sisiterhood as well as the maternity love, then analyzes how these theories permeated into the novel—Meridian. The paper paid attention to the function of this novel on the improvement of Alice Walker's womanism.In proving that womanism not only permeates into Meridian, but also improved womanism from many perspectives, it comes to the conclusion that Meridian is a novel to improve Alice Walker's womanism, it serves as the good novel to highlight the African Culture, and made a great contribution for the encouragement of black women to seek for freedom in the society.Meridian is one of Alice Walker's early work. It tells a story that happened in the American south during the 1960 s and early 70s'. It describes the life of the main character, Meridian Hill, a black woman from a southern town, who got out of the oppression of white society, and ends up in participate in Civil Rights Movement. The paper firstly illustrates the soul of womanism—anti-sexism, anti-racism, sisiterhood as well as the maternity love, then analyzes how these theories permeated into the novel—Meridian. The paper paid attention to the function of this novel on the improvement of Alice Walker's womanism.In proving that womanism not only permeates into Meridian, but also improved womanism from many perspectives, it comes to the conclusion that Meridian is a novel to improve Alice Walker's womanism, it serves as the good novel to highlight the African Culture, and made a great contribution for the encouragement of black women to seek for freedom in the society.

关 键 词：MERIDIAN WOMANISM Anti-sexism ANTI-RACISM AFRICAN CULTURE 

分 类 号：I712.074[文学—其他各国文学]