《紫色》的称谓语研究

Referential Terms and Interpersonal Relations in The Color Purple

本文通过系统分析美国黑人女作家艾丽丝·沃克作品《紫色》中主要人物之间称谓模式的变化轨迹,探讨了这些称谓语的变换在协商人际关系方面的作用以及为当事人建构的各类身份认同。文章最后指出,作家艾丽丝·沃克在本部小说中有意识地运用了许多微妙的称谓策略,并借其表达了种族压迫、性别歧视、宗教信仰、同性恋等主题思想。

This paper systematically analyzes the patterns of referential terms in the novel The Color Purple and the identities constructed accordingly. It concludes that Alice Walker intentionally employs many strategies in the use of referential terms and by them expresses themes ofracialdepression, sexdiscdmination, religious conflicts and black lesbianism.