{"id":118,"date":"2023-01-26T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T02:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/?p=118"},"modified":"2023-01-29T12:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T18:49:52","slug":"the-epistolary-structure-of-the-color-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/2023\/01\/26\/the-epistolary-structure-of-the-color-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"The Epistolary Structure of <em>The Color Purple<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2023\/01\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" width=\"784\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2023\/01\/17.jpg 489w, https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2023\/01\/17-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Elizabeth Cali<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the signature characteristics of Alice Walker\u2019s novel <em>The Color Purple<\/em> is that Walker writes it as an epistolary novel, or a novel structured as a series of letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main character Celie\u2019s story, develops through a series of letters, opening with many letters from Celie to God, and later unfolding through letters exchanged between Celie and her sister, Nettie. It is the novel\u2019s employment of the epistolary structure that brings about one of the book\u2019s many key achievements: it foregrounds and emphasizes the interior and psychological experiences of a black woman character and the intimate exchanges between black women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letters provide insight into Celie\u2019s thoughts, preoccupations, realizations, and desires, constructing the nuance of her character through her thoughts as well as her acts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Cali One of the signature characteristics of Alice Walker\u2019s novel The Color Purple is that Walker writes it as an epistolary novel, or a novel structured as a series of letters. The main character Celie\u2019s story, develops through a series of letters, opening with many letters from Celie to God, and later unfolding <a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/2023\/01\/26\/the-epistolary-structure-of-the-color-purple\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Epistolary Structure of &lt;em&gt;The Color Purple&lt;\/em&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-style-structure"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/briefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}