《英美文学教学资料》Katherine Mansfield.pptVIP

Katherine Mansfield Life experience Life experience left for London in 1908 aged 20 Studied and pursued writing in London Life experience Life experience Mansfield Murry Life experience Health sufferings: Miscarriage Sexually transmitted disease Tuberculosis Short Stories German Pension Bliss Garden Party Dove’s Nest Features of Writing Stream of consciousness small details of human behavior Features of Writing Reflection of grief in life Depiction of bitter marital relationships 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 st