• N.Velvizhi
• Dr. Ruby Davaseeli,. M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D.,

Feminism represents the important social economic and aesthetic values of the times which is especially concerned with the problems or rights of the women. Alice walker was the first Afro – American women writer who received, the Pulitzer price for her novel the color purple (1982), her novel meridian (1976), Third life of grange Copeland (1970). The present study analyses the selected novels of author Alice walker, a widely known black American feminist and activist who grew up in a racially divided south, who Envisions the body of literatures one immense story written from a multitude of perspectives Alice walker’s theory and her novels is basically about women and their marginalization. Walker also pledges allegiance to the feminist thought. The main focuses of her works are abuse of women, sexism, racism, male dominance and power of strong female relationship.

colored women, feminism, patriarchy, discrimination, abuse of women

"FEMINISM IN THE SELECT NOVELS OF AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN WRITER-ALICE WALKER ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.1015-1016, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808449.pdf

"FEMINISM IN THE SELECT NOVELS OF AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN WRITER-ALICE WALKER ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp1015-1016, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808449.pdf