From a Patriarchal Community to an Androgynous Community in Alice Walker's The Color Purple

愛麗絲•沃克《紫色姊妹花》－由父權社會轉變爲兩性共存的社會

賴姿蓉(Tzu-Jung Lai)

《臺中教育大學學報：人文藝術類》 24卷2期 (2010/12) Pp. 141-149

https://doi.org/10.7037/JNTUHA.201012.0141

摘要

愛麗絲•沃克在《紫色姊妹花》這作品中，呈現出與眾不同的切入論點；企圖以挑戰及顛覆的手法來突破或重建所謂的父權社會。而莎格與蘇菲亞在此小說中，詮釋扮演所呈現出來的意義，正是希麗成長所要的最佳典範。如貝爾‧互克所言，莎格與蘇菲亞突破父權印象裡的刻板枷鎖，甚至推翻父權社會長期保有的藩籬，而這再再，都足以作爲男性或女性勇於挑戰的最佳典範精神。就如阿爾伯特和希麗討論的，莎格與蘇菲亞既不像男性也不像女性；而是兼具雄性的豪氣特質及雌性的柔和特徵。然而，愛麗絲•沃克在此作品《紫色姊妹花》中，相呼應的人物也亦是；不只女性角色具備男性的特質，連男性角色也呈現雌雄同體的特徵。

關鍵字

父權社會 ； 雌雄同體 ； 愛麗絲•沃克

並列摘要

In her novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker skillfully develops an alternative perspective that challenges, overturns, and regenerates the patriarchal society of the novel. Critics have given deserved attention to Shug Avery and Sofia Butler as models for Celie's evolution; for instance, Bell Hooks writes of ”black women... like Shug and Sofia [who] rebelliously place themselves outside the context of patriarchal family norms...” (294). The major trait of these alternatives to male domination is their ability to break through imposed stereotypes and boundaries to provide models for others, both male and female, to follow. These alternatives are clearly androgynous. Albert and Celie argue but cannot decide whether Shug and Sofia are better characterized as ”manly” or ”womanly.” In the end they agree that Sofia and Shug are not like men, but they are not like women either. However, Walker presents this androgynous alternative in the form of both female and male characters.

並列關鍵字

Alice Walker ； Androgyny ； Patriarchy