Németh, Lenke MáriaKoncz, Lilla2017-05-292017-05-292017-03http://hdl.handle.net/2437/241066In my thesis, I aim to explore the female protagonist Celie’s physical and psychological wounds caused by patriarchy, her recovery and struggle for selfhood by breaking free of oppressive patriarchal forces with the help of black sisterhood in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple (1982). Set in rural Georgia in the first half of the 20th century, the novel addresses the significance and power of women’s supporting relationships, and related to that I claim that with the help of black sisterhood, Celie is able to find her long-repressed identity, which results in a liberating climax for her, in her attainment of freedom from the constraintssocial, economic, and sexualimposed upon her by patriarchy.26en-USblack womenslaveryabuseincestAlice WalkerdiplomamunkaDEENK Témalista::Irodalomtudomány