@article{article_549627, title={“Elethia” And “A Sudden Trip Home in Spring”: Alice Walker’s Womanist Response to the Issues of Black People}, journal={Adıyaman Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi}, pages={26–48}, year={2020}, DOI={10.14520/adyusbd.549627}, author={Erdem Ayyıldız, Nilay and Koçsoy, F. Gül}, keywords={Alice Walker,black feminism,womanism,Elethia,Sarah.}, abstract={<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:1cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1cm;text-align:justify;"> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Alice Walker (1944-) <span>has brought a new dimension to black feminism with her theory of
womanism, which she explains in </span>In Search of Our Mothers’ Garden (1983).
She aims at achieving universality by extending her struggle to all people
around the world, <span>regardless of race,
gender, and ethnical differences. According to Walker, it requires people to
acknowledge their history, </span> </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">matrilineal descent, and </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">black and
non-black authors’ works inspiring them to struggle. She represents her
womanist understanding in </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">“Elethia” and “A Sudden Trip Home in Spring,” two
short stories in You Can’t Keep A Good Woman Down (1981). </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">The title
character of “Elethia” and Sarah in “ </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">A Sudden Trip Home in Spring </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">” face
with their problems and realize how to struggle against them. Thus, analyzing
Walker’s selected stories, the study indicates that she presents a womanist way
out for black people in the racist and sexist society through Elethia and
Sarah. </span> </i> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={34}, publisher={Adıyaman University}