【略论曼斯菲尔德造短篇小说的主题】.pdf
HANGZHOU UNIVERSITY KATHERINB MANSFIELDS SHORT STORIES:A THEMATIC STUDY BY SHI YAFANG COURSE:THESIS FOR M.A.
INTRODUCTION Adetailed thenaticstudyofKatherine eMansfields1 shortstories is notyetattemptedthoughcriticshave mentioned this or that themewhilediscussing K.M.s I wiil investigate the themes of K.M.s short stories.The theme is aundaneztalanddecisiveelement in a piece of literature,existing togeth
rable actions suchas murder,and some go degenerate sim- plybecausetheycannotmakegood.Itisobvious thatthe writerloves flowersand rejectssnails.She dreads the corruptness and is exhilarated at thevaluable qualitiesinhuman nature;she exposes This leads to her dual attitude towards life-herboos a