Essays about: "Katherine Mansfield"

Found 3 essays containing the words Katherine Mansfield.

  1. 1. An Englishman in Paris : A Study of Katherine Mansfield's Construction of Englishness in Je Ne Parle Pas Français

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Simon Adam Almqvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Englishness; Otherness; identity; Mansfield; empire;

    Abstract : The author discusses the construction of Englishness in Katherine Mansfield’s short story Je Ne Parle Pas Français using previous accounts for Englishness, Otherness and the context of modernism –primarily featuring imperialism. The author concludes that there is an English identity portrayed in Je Ne Parle Pas Français, but that it is to a greater extent associated with imperialism than other identifiable cultural traits. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Flourishing Epiphany of “The Garden Party” : A Narratological Investigation of the Concept Epiphany in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Story “The Garden Party”

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Felicia Olsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Gérard Genette; narratology; epiphany; Katherine Mansfield; “The Garden Party”; the reader;

    Abstract : This essay examines the protagonist of Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” (1922), Laura, and her experiences of events that are made insignificant by the rest of the narrative. Gérard Genette’s narratological theory and the concept of epiphany is put forward in the theroertical framework in order to preform this investigation. READ MORE

  3. 3. Spaces of Being: Finding a Sense of Place in Katherine Mansfield’s “Prelude” and “Bliss”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Elin Hafström; [2015]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines how the characters experience a sense of place in two of Katherine Mansfield’s modernist short stories, “Prelude” (1918) and “Bliss” (1918). Geographers have during the past century developed and problematized the relation between space, place, and human beings. READ MORE