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1、TheBackgroundInformationAliceWalker-BeautyinTruth.flvWhoisAliceWalker?Letmetellyou…AliceWalkerSheisanAfricanAmericannovelist,ashortstorywriter,andapoet.AliceMalseniorWalkerwasbornin1944,Eatonton,Georgia,theyoungestofeightchildren.Whenshewas8yearsold,shelostth
2、esightinherrighteye.Psychologically,shegrewmoreintrospective（内省的）,contendingwithfeelingsofsadness,alienation,andbetrayal.EarlylifeWalkerenrolledatSpellmanCollegeinAtlanta,Georgia,in1961.ThenshedevelopedimportantfriendshipswiththehistoriansHowardZinnandStaught
3、onLynd.WiththeassistanceofLynd,WalkertransferredtoSarahLawrenceCollegein1964.Walker’scommitmenttobecomingawriterwasnurtured.莎拉劳伦斯学院地处美国纽约州的Yonkers，距离纽约市仅15英里，是一所小型的私立文理学院。自1926年建校以来，SLC始终坚持牛津剑桥教学系统，关注学生个性化发展和师生一对一交流，并通过严格的教学要求在美国高等教育系统中独树一帜。学校秉承自由的学风，主张给予学生有深
4、度的教育。Shevolunteeredinthevoterregistrationdrivesofthe1960sinGeorgia,andwenttoworkaftercollegeintheWelfareDepartmentinNewYorkCity.InthereshelearnedaboutBlackswhowereevictedfromtheirhomesforattemptingtoregistertovote.Shemarriedalawyer(whomshelaterdivorced)andhad
5、adaughter.AliceWalkermetMartinLutherKingJr.whenshewasastudentatSpellmanCollegeinAtlantaintheearly1960s.WalkercreditsKingforherdecisiontoreturntotheSouthasanactivistfortheCivilRightsMovement.Thethemesofherworks:rape,violence,isolation,troubledrelationships,mul
6、ti-generationalperspectives,sexismandracism.Anarticleshepublishedin1975waslargelyresponsiblefortherenewalofinterestintheworkofZaraNealeHurston,whowasalargesourceofinspirationforWalker'swritingandsubjectmatter.NovelsTheThirdLifeofGrangeCopeland.（1970）Meridian,
7、（1976）TheColorPurple.（1983）PS:Shehaspublishedanumberofcollectionsofshortstories,poetry,andotherpublishedworks.19981982196819731976Selectedawardsandhonors*PulitzerPrizeforFiction普利策奖*NationalBookAward国家图书奖TheColorPurpleisa1982epistolary(书信体的）novelbyAmericanaut
8、horAliceWalkerwhichwonthe1983PulitzerPrizeforFictionandtheNationalBookAwardforFiction.Itwaslateradaptedintoafilmandmusicalofthesamename.TakingplacemostlyinruralGeorgia,thestoryfocusesonth
