论《格兰奇·科普兰德的第三次生命》中的妇女主义追寻

A Womanist Quest in The Third Life of Grange Copeland

摘要: 《格兰奇•科普兰德的第三次生命》作为艾丽斯•沃克的处女作，常常受到评论界的忽视，尤其是书中暗含的妇女主义主题更是鲜有人问津。本文通过分析科普兰德家族三代人的生活，发现妇女主义作为沃克的终身追求不仅是贯穿全书的主题线索，更是沃克为实现黑人社区的完整生存提供的可能解决方案。因此，本文从沃克妇女主义视角出发，以科普兰德三代人的生活为研究对象，分别探讨了以格兰奇为代表的第一代人的沉默与屈从，以布朗菲尔德为代表的第二代人的暴力与分离，和以露丝为代表的第三代人的合作与共存，最终得出结论：黑人男性只有意识到自己社区内部矛盾，并与黑人女性联手，才有可能实现黑人族裔的完整生存。

Abstract: Alice Walker’s maiden work, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, has long been underestimated in the literary world compared with other works by the Pulitzer Prize winner, especially in terms of its connotation of womanism. However, close readings of the life of three generations of the Copeland will find Alice Walker’s lifelong commitment to womanism to be the major thematic concern as well as the possible alternative for the realization of the wholeness and survival of the black community. Therefore, this paper targets at the life of three generations of the Copeland from the perspective of womanism, analyzing the silence and submission of the first generation represented by Grange, the violence and separation of the second generation represented by Brownfield and the cooperation and coexistence of the third generation represented by Russ respectively. The paper points out in the end that only when black males recognize conflicts within their own community and ally with black females, can the wholeness and survival of the whole black community be achieved.