分析 Miss Brill后现代课件.ppt

Miss Brill By Catherine Mansfield Catherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealand-born British writer known for her short stories Her collections include Bliss (1920) and The Doves Nest (1923). Selected bibliography In a German Pension (1911), ISBN 1869410149 Bliss (1920), ISBN 1869410157 The Garden Party (1922), ISBN 1869410165 The Doves Nest (1923), ISBN 1869410173 Poems (1923), ISBN 0195581997 Something Childish (1924), ISBN 1869410181, first published in the U.S. as The Little Girl Selected bibliography The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927, 1954), ISBN 0880010231 The Letters of Katherine Mansfield (2 vols., 1928-29) The Aloe (1930), ISBN 0860685209 Novels and Novelists (1930), ISBN 0403022908 The Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield (1937) The Scrapbook of Katherine Mansfield (1939) The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (1945, 1974), ISBN 0141183683 Her Friends in London D. H. Lawrence Virginia Woolf Writing Techniques Implication Foreboding Flashback Interior monologue A Pioneer in the use of interior monologue and shifts of point of view foreboding Feeling that something bad is going to happen; Premonition, inner certainty, or dread of an approaching misfortune. The Setting Details suggesting the setting: France Jardins publiques Ma petite chere Her English pupils Her favorite image A bird wing he flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow… What specific details can you infer about Miss Brill’s character (and, perhaps, about her life)? Miss Brill’s Life and Character Poor Old Lonely Sensitive About Miss Brill An old fur (But the nose, which was of some black composition, was not at all firm.) Teaching English in France Reading to an sick old man An almond makes a difference Living in a tiny room About Miss Brill The old couple The ermine toque The boy calls her “that stupid old thing at the end there” About Miss Brill Talking to the fur Keen on overhearing others’ conversations Empathy 移情 The ermine toque wa