Study Guide to The Color Purple and Other Works by Alice Walker

by Intelligent Education (Created by)

Overview

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1983. Titles in this study guide include The Color Purple, You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down, The Third Life of Grange, Revolutionary Petunias, Once, Meridian, and In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women, Good Night Willie Lee, and I'll See You in the Morning.

As a world renowned author of African American literature, Walker established her reputation in poetry, short stories, essays, novels, and even children's stories. Moreover, she coined the term "womanist" to describe feminist women of color, first exemplified in The Color Purple. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Walker's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains:

- Introductions to the Author and the Work
- Character Summaries
- Plot Guides
- Section and Chapter Overviews
- Test Essay and Study Q&As

The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645420163
Publisher:	Dexterity
Publication date:	07/10/2020
Series:	Bright Notes
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Intelligent Education is a learning company with a mission to publish accessible resources and digital tools to educate the world. Their mission drives every project, from publishing books to designing software and online courses, film projects, mobile apps, VR/AR learning tools and more. IE builds tools to empower people who love to learn. Intelligent Education offers courses in science, mathematics, the arts, humanities, history and language arts taught by leading university professors from Wake Forest University, Indiana University, Texas A&M University, and other great schools. The learning platform features 3D models and 360 media paired with instructional videos for on-screen and Mixed Reality interaction that increases student engagement and improves retention. The IE team is geographically located across the United States and is a division of Academic Influence. Learn more at http://intelligent.education.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS 1) Introduction to Alice Walker 1 2) Plot Analysis 27 3) Character Analysis 47 4) Critical Commentary 66 5) Critics Respond to the Novel the Color Purple 80 6) Critics Respond to the Film Version of the Color Purple 93 7) The Third Life of Grange Copeland 105 8) In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women 109 9) Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems 112 10) Meridian 115 11) Good Night Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning 119 12) You can't keep a good woman down 121 13) Once 124 14) Walker after the Color Purple 126 15) Ideas for Papers, Discussions, and Oral Reports 129 16) Bibliography 138