The female quest in the novels of Alice Walker

This study is an examination of the development of the quest motif in Alice Walker's novels, from a male quest in the first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland, to the female quests which supersede it in the two later novels, Meridian and The Color Purple. In this analysis, brief reference is made to Walker's poetry, essays, and short stories, as well as to texts by black male writers and other Afro-American women writers.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of English Language and Literature

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Miles, Lesley Margaret Pears

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Driver, Dorothy
• McCormick, Kay

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19513

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/19513