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1、Teachingnotes10/5/2021Unit4EverydayUseforyourgrandmamaAliceWalker1.)AbouttheauthorAliceWalker(1944-),poet,novelistandessayist,wasbornintoapoorruralfamilyinEatonton,Georgia.Herparentsmadealivingbygrowingcotton.WhenshewenttoSarahLawrenceCollegeintheearly60’s,thecivilrightsmovementwasin
2、fullswing.ShewasactivelyinvolvedinthemovementandupongraduationworkedinMississippi,centerofthecivilrightsactivities.AfterexperiencingthepoliticalmovementandasacaseworkerfortheNewYorkCitywelfaredepartment,shebecameateacherofcreativewritingandblackliterature,lecturingatJacksonStateColle
3、ge,TougalooCollege,Wellesley,YaleandUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.Herwritingcareerbeganwiththepublicationofavolumeofpoetryin1968,whichwasfollowedbyanumberofnovels,shortstories,criticalessaysandmorepoetry.NowsheisregardedasoneofthemostprominentwritersinAmericanliteratureandamostfor
4、cefulrepresentativeofwomen’sliteratureandblackliterature.HerworksincludeTheThridLifeGrangeCopeland(1970),Meridian(1976),avolumeofpoetryRevolutionaryPetuniasandOtherPoems(1973),acollectionofshortstoriesInLoveandTrouble:StoriesofBlackWomen(1973)andarecentnovelTheTempleofMyFamiliar(1989
5、).HermostsignificantnovelisThePurple,publishedin1982,whichwonallthethreemajorbookawardsinAmerica–thePulitzerPrize,theNational56Teachingnotes10/5/2021BookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.Thenovelwasaninstantbestsellerandmadeintoanequallysuccessfulmoviein1985,directedbySpielbe
6、rgandstarringWhoopiGoldberg.AliceWalkerisatherbestwhenportrayingpeoplelivingintheruralareaswherethewriterwasbornandgrewup.Asablackwriter,Walkerisparticularlyinterestedinexaminingtherelationshipsamongtheblacksthemselves.2.)“EverydayUse”(1973)isincludedintheNortonAnthologyofShortFictio
7、n,2ndEdition,1981.“EverydayUse”,oneofthebest-writtenshortstoriesbyAliceWalker,describesthreewomen.Themotherisaworkingwomanwithoutmucheducation,butnotwithoutintelligenceorperception.Thetwodaughtersformasharpcontrastineveryconceivableway:appearance,character,personalexperiences,etc.The
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