The Color Purple: Context & Writers Techniques (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Author Walker revived interest in
Author Walker revived interest in
Zora Neale Hurston
Awards won by The Colour Purple
Awards won by The Colour Purple
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
Year The Colour Purple was published
Year The Colour Purple was published
1982
Novel's structural format
Novel's structural format
Epistolary (letters)
Civil Rights Movement start year
Civil Rights Movement start year
Around 1960
Language variety Walker uses for authenticity
Language variety Walker uses for authenticity
African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
What the colour purple symbolises
What the colour purple symbolises
Beauty, spirituality, Celie's awakening
Celie's pants business symbolises
Celie's pants business symbolises
Independence and self-sufficiency
Nettie's letters provide perspective from
Nettie's letters provide perspective from
Africa
Novel addresses intersectionality of
Novel addresses intersectionality of
Race, gender, and class