Department of English, University of Louisville Phone: (502)852-6770 or (502)852-6801. Fax: (502)852-4182. In connection w/ Henry Jenkins' response about moves from dystopian to utopian worlds, I think the narrative progression of THE COLOR PURPLE actually does this. I also think that imagining the ending as a kind of utopian vision helps answer some of the objections to the ending as contrived. In the book even more than in the movie, the vision at the end is one of a world governed by Black women, within which others--even very bad men--have been transformed for the better. Not probably strictly utopian in terms of genre, but I think it has strong relations to that tradition. bitnet tbbyer01@ulkyvm; internet [log in to unmask] Thomas B. Byers Department of English/University of Louisville Louisville KY 40292