花园茶会 Garden Party.ppt

Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party   Who is Katherine Mansfield ? Katherine Mansfield Born in a Prosperous family of New Zealand--original name Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp At 19, she became pregnant, married hastily, and left her husband the next day. Went to a German spa and miscarried. At 24, met John Middleton Murry. At 30, Murry and Mansfield married after the first husband finally agreed to a divorce. Early success as a writer--compared to Woolf and Joyce. Never in good health, weakened by TB, died at 34. Literary Works In a German Pension (1911) Bliss (1920) The Garden Party (1922) The Dove’s Nest (1923) Something Childish (1924) The Little Girl (1924) Summary of the story Elements of the Story Time When did the story happen? a. winter b. Summer c. spring d. Autumn What is the weather like that day ? Cloudy and windy Cold and foggy Warm and windless Rainy and chilly Place In which country does the story happen ? Britain America Canada New Zealand Where does the party take place? The garden of a family Hall Park Characters The Scotts Analysis of characters wealthy New Zealander in posh neighborhood when Laura tells her that a man has died, when learning it did not happen in their garden, she is relieved of all concern Mrs. Sheridan accuses Laura of being absurd when she wants to cancel the party because of the accident, and tries to infect Laura with her own vanity by bring the girl with her new hat so that she would forget the incident. Jose Similar to her mother in the attitude toward Scott’s death-indifferent, pitiless and practical Focusing on superficiality while ignoring reality. Her classs complete separation from the lower class, unable to even empathize with them. Laura Dreamy, idealistic middle daughter Represents the central conflict in the story “Better than her sister and mother, she is still naive about class-- looking closely at her intera