This paper examines the excellent short story The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter,an American 20th century female writer.It is found that the novel uses the stream-of-consciousness narrative meth...This paper examines the excellent short story The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter,an American 20th century female writer.It is found that the novel uses the stream-of-consciousness narrative method,through the multi-level communication between the external objective world and the internal subjective world,and between the third-person narrator and the first-person reflector,to describe the physical trauma suffered by Ellen,and the mental trauma of being“jilted”for four times in her life.This paper will explore how she bravely and strongly faces the reality,and changes her destination of“plenty of girls get jilted”.Based on the trauma perspective to analyze the image of Ellen Weatherall,enlightenment can be given to contemporary people.展开更多
This paper provides a literary analysis of"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"by Katherine Anne Porter and"A Rose for Emily"by William Faulkner through the point of characterization.The main characte...This paper provides a literary analysis of"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"by Katherine Anne Porter and"A Rose for Emily"by William Faulkner through the point of characterization.The main characters in the stories share several important similarities.However,each author has succeeded in portraying two very different women by adopting the unique point of view,different methods of characterization respectively,thus making both Miss Emily and Granny Weatherall vividly appear as the way they are,not simple characters resembling each other.展开更多
文摘This paper examines the excellent short story The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter,an American 20th century female writer.It is found that the novel uses the stream-of-consciousness narrative method,through the multi-level communication between the external objective world and the internal subjective world,and between the third-person narrator and the first-person reflector,to describe the physical trauma suffered by Ellen,and the mental trauma of being“jilted”for four times in her life.This paper will explore how she bravely and strongly faces the reality,and changes her destination of“plenty of girls get jilted”.Based on the trauma perspective to analyze the image of Ellen Weatherall,enlightenment can be given to contemporary people.
文摘This paper provides a literary analysis of"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"by Katherine Anne Porter and"A Rose for Emily"by William Faulkner through the point of characterization.The main characters in the stories share several important similarities.However,each author has succeeded in portraying two very different women by adopting the unique point of view,different methods of characterization respectively,thus making both Miss Emily and Granny Weatherall vividly appear as the way they are,not simple characters resembling each other.
