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論文提要：
《瑪麗迪恩》可視為艾麗絲．渥克的自傳小說。她出生於貧窮的黑人家庭，從小就遭受壓迫與暴力的折磨。這樣的生活背景深深影響她的創作，所以她的作品大多著眼於改善黑人的生活與社會地位。無論小說、散文或評論都有著平實、真摯的風格。
對艾麗絲．渥克及及其小說人物瑪麗迪恩而言，寧靜與孤獨是展開社會運動的必要條件。瑪麗迪恩勇氣十足且能言善道，致力於尋求自己與其他伙伴的生存空間。瑪麗迪恩的故事面臨的問題是—個人是否能在革命中安然度過。為阻止革命可能帶來的瓦解，她賦予革命一個新的定義，希望革命不僅是政治、社會方面的改善，同時也是個人的成長和蛻變。
本論文分為五部份—緒論、三章主要論述及最後的結論。第一章緒論簡要說明與書中內容相關的主題。第二章敘述瑪麗迪恩所歷經的心理掙扎與身體折磨，包括她和母親及其他人士的關係、不美滿的婚姻、想謀殺親生孩子的想法及墮胎等。第三章探討在性別歧視與種族歧視的雙重壓迫下，黑人（特別是女黑人）成為缺乏自我肯定的受害者。第四章探究自傳成份的具體呈現，及書中人物間的親密感受。第五張結論，肯定艾麗絲．渥克、瑪麗迪恩及革命對社會推進與個人成長的貢獻。

Abstract
Meridian can be regarded as an autobiographical novel of Alice Walker. Born in a poor black family, Walker grew up in the suffering from oppression and violence. The life background has a great influence on her works which mostly are related to the improvement of black people’s lives and social status. The most distinguished feature that differentiates Walker’s works from other black female writers is her plain and natural style.
For Walker and Meridian, silence and solitude become an essential prologue to speech and social action. Meridian is brave, eloquent and preoccupied with her survival as well as the struggle of the people she works with. Meridian’s story confronts the question of whether one can survive in the time of revolution. To stop the destructiveness, Walker goes for a new definition of revolution. She hopes that there is not only a political change in society but also a personal transformation.
This thesis is divided into five parts—the introduction, three body chapters and the conclusion. The introductory chapter focuses on the exploration of many concepts relevant to the novel. Chapter Two deals with the struggles the character, Meridian, goes through. It includes the relationship with her mother as well as that with other influential people in her life, her unfulfilling marriage, the thought of murdering her own child, abortion and the revolution. Chapter Three explores how the oppression brought about by sexism and racism leads to the silence and lack of self-affirmation of the black, especially black women. Chapter Four will be focused on the autobiographical embodiment as well as intimacy in Meridian. In the final chapter, I will explore Walker’s literary use of Civil Rights values, which contributes to the changes in her personal life and development.

Table of Contents
Chapter One Introduction……………………………………………..1
Chapter Two Struggles of Meridian…………………………………18
Chapter Three Sexism and Racism……………………………………38
Chapter Four Autobiographical Embodiment and Intimacy………68
Chapter Five Conclusion…………………………………………….88
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….95

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