Abstract：Being at the bottom of the society, black women suffer from the binary oppression of sexism and racism; consequently, their voices have been marginalized and constrained by male-dominated patriarchal societies. In the closely woven net of the male-dominated discourse system, black women have to speak the males' languages and think in their modes, or else they have to remain silent. Their voices are completely dominated and subjugated by masculine discourse. Therefore, in order to break the bondage of patriarchal society, black women have to overturn the paternal discourse, find their own voices and set up their language system.
So this thesis will analyze Celie’s awakening in language which leads to her awakening of female self-consciousness in two fields. The first is Celie’s awakening in voice, and she has gone through three stages: voiceless, awakening, and realizing her voice liberty. The second is Celie’s awakening in written narrative as revealed in the changes in her letters. The one change is the letters’ addressee, which changes from “Dear God” to “Dear Nettie”; the other one is the letters’ signature, which is from no signature to signature “Your sister, Celie”. These two changes stand as sound evidence for Celie’s awakening in female self-consciousness.
Key words: Alice Walker The Color Purple awakening in narrative and voice
female consciousness
摘要：黑人妇女身处社会最底层，遭受着性别主义和种族主义的双重压迫，她们的声音也无情地淹没在以男性为主导的父权制社会中。在等级森严的男权话语系统中，黑人妇女想要发声，就必须借用男性话语，按照男性的思维模式思考，否则她们只能沉默。因此，黑人妇女要挣脱父权制对她们的束缚，必须首先推翻父权话语，寻找自己的声音，构建属于黑人妇女自己的话语系统。
所以本篇文章通过两个方面来分析体现小说女主人公西丽主体意识觉醒的女性话语权意识觉醒。第一个方面是西丽的平常话语的觉醒，从无声的生活，到慢慢苏醒，到最后实现自我的语言自由的三个阶段。 第二个方面是西丽写信时的两个变化， 第一个是信的收信人的变化，从给上帝到给妹妹；第二个是信的落款的变化，从没有署名到署上自己的名字，这小小的两个变化从侧面展现出了西丽女性主体意识的觉醒。
关键词: 艾丽丝・沃克；《紫色》；话语权觉醒；女性意识
