Analysis Of The Book ' Meridian ' By Alice Walker

Alice Walker: Peeling an Essence As an African- American novelist, short–story writer, essayist, poet, critic, and editor, Alice Walker’s plethora of literary works examines many aspects of African American life as well as historical issues that are further developed by Walker’s unique point of view. Writers like Alice Walker make it possible to bring words and emotions to voices and events that are often silenced. Far from the traditional image of the artist, she has sought what amounts to a

Although my students were unaware of it, in a sense what they were questioning from the standpoint of literary criticism is not only the theory of postmodernism with its emphasis on race, class and gender, but the theory of naturalism as well: the idea that one 's social and physical environments can drastically affect one 's nature and potential for surviving and succeeding in this world. In this article, I will explore Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye from a naturalistic perspective; however, while