Henry James is one of the most important novelists and critics in British and American literature. He spent much of his youth in plenty of European countries where he studied with tutors and governesses. Since the 198...Henry James is one of the most important novelists and critics in British and American literature. He spent much of his youth in plenty of European countries where he studied with tutors and governesses. Since the 1980 s, more and more Western critics have started to use various critical theories such as political sociology, gender identity, and racial discrimination to study his novels.The author attempts to analyze The Turn of the Screw from cultural criticism. Cultural Criticism is not an independent theory. It is often interwoven with social, political, psychological, and historical contexts of a novel. The author first uses political sociology to analyze class division and power structure of the Victorian time. And then use social psychology to analyze the psyche of the governess and proves that it is the governess' sexual hysteria that leads to the fall of the two children.The author argues that Cultural Criticism seems to be a more suitable and effective way to analyze the story.展开更多
Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw has drawn much attention from critics, and the discussion mainly dwells on the ghosts’ existence or the governess’ sexual desire repression, which result in the children’...Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw has drawn much attention from critics, and the discussion mainly dwells on the ghosts’ existence or the governess’ sexual desire repression, which result in the children’s tragedy.This paper tries to approach the story from a new perspective. In accordance with James’ theory of "unity" and "roundness",this paper avoids the judgment on the governess of being simply good or evil,but focuses on the analysis of the process of being protective to persecutive.展开更多
Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898) is a fascinating thriller that bewilders readers and critics alike for more than 100 years since its publication. Based upon the analytic frame of Bakhtin’s critical vision...Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898) is a fascinating thriller that bewilders readers and critics alike for more than 100 years since its publication. Based upon the analytic frame of Bakhtin’s critical vision on conceptual horizons, and the double-voiced active discourse, this paper seeks to locate the recurrence of aporia through a tracing of the varied speakers and listeners in the text, and the varied discourses viewed from the stance of an implied author, for which all contribute to the cloudy effect of the novel. The author argues that conceptual horizons and double-voiced active discourse both possess the power of bringing about ambiguity in textual understanding. This study intends to broaden critics’ horizon and diversify the appreciation of this work.展开更多
文摘Henry James is one of the most important novelists and critics in British and American literature. He spent much of his youth in plenty of European countries where he studied with tutors and governesses. Since the 1980 s, more and more Western critics have started to use various critical theories such as political sociology, gender identity, and racial discrimination to study his novels.The author attempts to analyze The Turn of the Screw from cultural criticism. Cultural Criticism is not an independent theory. It is often interwoven with social, political, psychological, and historical contexts of a novel. The author first uses political sociology to analyze class division and power structure of the Victorian time. And then use social psychology to analyze the psyche of the governess and proves that it is the governess' sexual hysteria that leads to the fall of the two children.The author argues that Cultural Criticism seems to be a more suitable and effective way to analyze the story.
文摘Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw has drawn much attention from critics, and the discussion mainly dwells on the ghosts’ existence or the governess’ sexual desire repression, which result in the children’s tragedy.This paper tries to approach the story from a new perspective. In accordance with James’ theory of "unity" and "roundness",this paper avoids the judgment on the governess of being simply good or evil,but focuses on the analysis of the process of being protective to persecutive.
文摘Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898) is a fascinating thriller that bewilders readers and critics alike for more than 100 years since its publication. Based upon the analytic frame of Bakhtin’s critical vision on conceptual horizons, and the double-voiced active discourse, this paper seeks to locate the recurrence of aporia through a tracing of the varied speakers and listeners in the text, and the varied discourses viewed from the stance of an implied author, for which all contribute to the cloudy effect of the novel. The author argues that conceptual horizons and double-voiced active discourse both possess the power of bringing about ambiguity in textual understanding. This study intends to broaden critics’ horizon and diversify the appreciation of this work.
