Black female suffering and self-reconciliation through writing in the "color purple" (1982)
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2014
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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This study examines the protagonist's suffering, and her self-reconciliation through writing in Alice Walker's epistolary novel The color purple. Walker describes the double suffering of afro-american women as being black and female.
celie, the protagonist of the color purple, manages to change her life and become a strong woman. She achieved that through writing letters to God and to her sister Nettie. These letters are the key elements in celie's self- reconciliation. And since, those letters help celie to assert herself as a strong woman with more confidence. So, this study follows the process of physical and self salvation through the analysis of celie's letters.
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Novel : Alice Walker : color purple