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1、Lesson4EverydayUse2AboutAliceWalkerandherworksAliceWalker(1944-),poet,novelistandessayist.oneofthemostprominentwritersinAmericanliteratureandamostforcefulrepresentativeofwomen’sliteratureandblackliterature.3AboutAliceWalkerShewasbornintoapoorruralfamilyinGeorgia,astheeighthchildofsharecropp
2、er交租耕种农parents.Shegrewupinthemidstofviolentracismandpovertywhichinfluenceherlaterwritings.WhenshewenttoSarahLawrenceCollegeinNewYorkonscholarshipsintheearly60’s,thecivilrightsmovementwasinfullswing.Shewasactivelyinvolvedinthemovement.Shegraduatedin1965,havingtheBA.4AboutAliceWalkerAfterherj
3、unioryearatthecollege,shewonascholarshipasanexchangestudenttoUganda,andKenya.ThismostprobablyhelpedhertounderstandtheAfricanculture.Afterexperiencingthepoliticalmovementshebecameateacherofcreativewritingandblackliterature,lecturingatJacksonStateCollege,YaleanduniversityofCaliforniaatBerkele
4、y.5AboutAliceWalkerHerworks:TheThirdLifeofGrangeCopeland(1970);Meridian(1976);InLoveandTrouble:StoriesofBlackWomen(1973);TheTempleofMyFamiliar(1989);TheColorPurple(1982)6AboutAliceWalkerAthemethroughoutWalker'sworkisthepreservationofblackcultureor“heritage”,andherwomencharactersforgeimporta
5、ntlinkstomaintaincontinuityinbothpersonalrelationshipsandcommunities.Walker‘swomencharactersdisplaystrength,endurance,andresourcefulness机敏inconfronting—andovercoming—oppression(racismandsexism)intheirlives."Blackwomenarecalledthe'muleoftheworld,'becausetheyhavebeenhandedtheburdensthateveryo
6、neelserefusedtocarry"---AliceWalkerI.Background1.AliceWalker’sEarlyLifeDateofBirth:February9,1944Birthplace:Eatonton,GeorgiaParents:WillieLeeandMinnieLouGrantWalker,whoweresharecroppersMarriage:MelLeventhal,aJewishCivilRightsactivist/lawyerChild:Rebeccabornin19692.Education:1961-1963Spelman
7、,acollegeforblackwomeninAtlanta1963-1965BAfromSarahLawrenceCollegeinNewYork(oncetraveledtoAfricaasanexchangestudent)I.Background3.Career1983receivedthePulitzerPrizeforTheColorPurple(1982)1984startedherownpublishingcompany,WildTreesPress4.PointsofViewtheC
