It became a catalyst for heated debates about black cultural representation, as a number of male African-American critics and writers complained that the novel reaffirmed old racist stereotypes about pathology in black communities and of black men in particular. However, the publication of the novel also unleashed a storm of controversy and criticism. In 1985, a Steven Spielberg film based on the novel was released and reached an even wider audience all over the world. The Color Purple is a feminist novel about an abused and uneducated black woman’s struggle for empowerment and has been praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular. For this epistolary tale of sexual oppression and strong female relationships, Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. In 1982, Alice Walker published her most famous novel, The Color Purple. And it is the duty of the artist to present the man as he is.” A man’s life can rarely be summed up in one word even if that word is black or white. Each story or poem has a formula, usually two-thirds “hate whiteys guts” and one-third “I am black, beautiful, strong and almost always right.” Art is not flattery, necessarily, and the work of any artist must be more difficult than that. It is boring because it is easy and requires only that the reader be a lazy reader and a prejudiced one. “ I am impressed by people who claim they can see every person and event in strict terms of black and white, but generally their work is not, in my long-contemplated and earnestly considered opinion, either black or white, but dull, uniform gray. Sofia and Miss Eleanor Jane – The Black Mammy Plantation StereotypeĤ.4. The Domestic Ideal of Racial Integration – The Construction of KinshipĤ.3. Nettie’s First African Experiences in MonroviaĤ. The Role of Nettie’s Letters for the Critique of Racial Integrationģ.1.
Alice Walker’s Concept of African American Writingģ.
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