This article is a concern of the female's living conditions in the story The Daughters of the Late Colonel written by Katherine Mansfield.The analysis will stress on the relationship between the two daughters and ...This article is a concern of the female's living conditions in the story The Daughters of the Late Colonel written by Katherine Mansfield.The analysis will stress on the relationship between the two daughters and the people around them,through which the plight and oppression that heaved upon women and their tragical,unhappy life in the patriarchal society are clearly exposed.展开更多
Katherine Mansfield was a representative short-story writer and recognized as a feminist.This paper is a multiangle analysis of her well-known story The Daughters of the Late Colonel.In the episodic story,Katherine de...Katherine Mansfield was a representative short-story writer and recognized as a feminist.This paper is a multiangle analysis of her well-known story The Daughters of the Late Colonel.In the episodic story,Katherine depicts two sisters' deplorable life over the course of the week after their father died.This paper starts with the outline of the story,and discusses the narrative order,language features,the title,the opening sentence and the ending of it.It is found that under the seemingly ordinary plots,the two spinsters' incapability,timidity and loss of identity are presented.Thus,the essence of the story is revealed:the female characters are under strong patricentric control and their minds are actually imprisoned.And the portrayals of the sisters' captivity in the sense of spirit imply that Katherine's potential appeal of female spiritual emancipation.展开更多
The present paper is a close reading study of the characterization of Constantia, a heroine of Katherine Mansfields short story “The Daughters of the Late Colonel”. Based on the eight events detailed in the work, ...The present paper is a close reading study of the characterization of Constantia, a heroine of Katherine Mansfields short story “The Daughters of the Late Colonel”. Based on the eight events detailed in the work, the author concludes that Constantia is a completely submissive type of character who succumbs to any external pressure.展开更多
Katherine Mansfield is a central figure in the development of the modern short story.Among modernist techniques of novels in the 20^(th) century, interior monologue plays a significant role.Katherine Mansfield was the...Katherine Mansfield is a central figure in the development of the modern short story.Among modernist techniques of novels in the 20^(th) century, interior monologue plays a significant role.Katherine Mansfield was the first writer to use it consciously as a literary device.Her frequent and skillful use of interior monologue not only makes her works more unique and more attractive but also leaves a deep influence upon many writers.This paper mainly introduces interior monologue in her two famous short stories——The Daughters of the Late Colonel and Life of Ma Parker,in order to make readers have a better appreciation of Mansfield’s flexible use of interior monologue and comprehend her love and hatred towards society and her contemporaries.展开更多
文摘This article is a concern of the female's living conditions in the story The Daughters of the Late Colonel written by Katherine Mansfield.The analysis will stress on the relationship between the two daughters and the people around them,through which the plight and oppression that heaved upon women and their tragical,unhappy life in the patriarchal society are clearly exposed.
文摘Katherine Mansfield was a representative short-story writer and recognized as a feminist.This paper is a multiangle analysis of her well-known story The Daughters of the Late Colonel.In the episodic story,Katherine depicts two sisters' deplorable life over the course of the week after their father died.This paper starts with the outline of the story,and discusses the narrative order,language features,the title,the opening sentence and the ending of it.It is found that under the seemingly ordinary plots,the two spinsters' incapability,timidity and loss of identity are presented.Thus,the essence of the story is revealed:the female characters are under strong patricentric control and their minds are actually imprisoned.And the portrayals of the sisters' captivity in the sense of spirit imply that Katherine's potential appeal of female spiritual emancipation.
文摘The present paper is a close reading study of the characterization of Constantia, a heroine of Katherine Mansfields short story “The Daughters of the Late Colonel”. Based on the eight events detailed in the work, the author concludes that Constantia is a completely submissive type of character who succumbs to any external pressure.
文摘Katherine Mansfield is a central figure in the development of the modern short story.Among modernist techniques of novels in the 20^(th) century, interior monologue plays a significant role.Katherine Mansfield was the first writer to use it consciously as a literary device.Her frequent and skillful use of interior monologue not only makes her works more unique and more attractive but also leaves a deep influence upon many writers.This paper mainly introduces interior monologue in her two famous short stories——The Daughters of the Late Colonel and Life of Ma Parker,in order to make readers have a better appreciation of Mansfield’s flexible use of interior monologue and comprehend her love and hatred towards society and her contemporaries.
