《英美文学教学资料》Katherine Mansfield Miss. Brill.pptVIP

Katherine Mansfield A woman, longing for warm humanity, while facing apartness~~~~ Short Stories German Pension Bliss Garden Party Dove’s Nest Features of Writing Stream of consciousness small details of human behavior Features of Writing A reflection of grief in life Bitter depiction of marital relationships vs Warm humanity Figures of speech: 1. Personification: What has been happening to me? said the sad little eyes. .... Little rogue! (p. 163, paragraph 3) 2. Simile: (1) He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, ... (p. 163, paragraph 4); (2) ... like a young hen, rushing scolding to its rescue. (p. 164, paragraph 1) 3. Satire: Only two people shared her special seat: ... (p. 163, paragraph 5) 4. synesthesia (联觉): The spontaneous association of sensations of different kinds (visual视觉, auditory听觉, tactile触觉, gustatory味觉, olfactory嗅觉, kinaesthetic动觉). e.g., Now there came a little fluttey bit—very pretty!—a little chain of bright drops. (p. 163, paragraph 4) What they played was warm, sunny, yet there was just a faint chill ... (p.165) Eg, a cold look; a hard voice; black despair. 5. Metonymy: ermine toque (woman wearing it); kettle (boiled water). 6. Empathy (移情作用): The power to enter into the feeling or spirit of others or vicariously (substitutionally) feel other peoples feelings or project ones own feelings to other person. (移情作用是一种无论是情感的，意动的或识知的主体对一客体的臆想投射，使客体似为这种状态所鼓舞：把自己的心境或意境也看作是客体的) e.g., p. 164, para. 4; p.165, para. 2. 7. Ironies (1) Dramatic irony: She had become really quite expert, she thought, ... (p. 163, paragraph 5) (2) Dramatic irony: ... from the way they stared they looked as though theyd just come from dark little rooms or even---even cupboards! (p. 164, paragraph 1). (3) Situational irony: At the beginning of the story, the weather is brilliantly fine, and Miss Brill is in a happy mood and on her way to the park, but the story ends with Miss Brills suffering from bitter disillusi