从创伤理论的角度的研究《父亲的微笑之光》.pdfVIP

A STUDY OF BY THE LIGHT OF MY FATHER’S SMILE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRAUMA THEORY A Thesis Submitted to the School of Foreign Languages Shenyang Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts By Mao Tingting Under the Supervision of Professor Wang Jianhui June 2015 1 2 ABSTRACT Women‟s writing in African American literature, as an important part of Ethic American Literature, in the short history of American Literature makes a great difference. With the emergence of black women writers in the 1970s, Alice Walker, being one of the most influential African American women writers, mainly focuses on the miserable life of black women oppressed by the patriarchal ideology and racial discrimination, and praises the strong personality of women in misfortune and their indomitable struggles for the equal position with men. In By the Light of My Father ‟s Smile, to some extent, the main characters are nearly traumatized by their overwhelming experiences. Walker also describes the possibilities of trauma recovery, which gives a light of hope to the subjects of trauma when she deals with the traumatic experiences of African Americans. In the novel, Walker portrays the conflicts between father Robinson and daughter Magdalena, and explores the African American women‟s protests against patriarchy