Chronology Entry
Year
1988
Text
Chen, Jianing. Mansifei'er de san wen shi xiao shuo yi er tan [ID D30061].
"At the turn of the century quite a few masters of fiction in Western literature happened to turn away at the same time from the elaborately-plotted story in the writing of fiction. They were Chekhov, James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, and Katherine Mansfield, who stood out most prominently as an exponent of plotless fiction. Although she [Mansfield] did not entirely exclude plots in her own writing, she succeeded in creating the genre of the plotless story. What she exposed was the darkness of society and the inequalities in human life ; and she satirized stupid men of letters and good-for-nothing artists. She praised the sincerity of young hearts and the purity of real love."
"… Reading Katherine Mansfield's poetic style of fiction, I have exclaimed on more than one occasion that hers are artistic works of photography. She could skillfully snatch from life pictures imbued with essential meaning and rich in artistic colours and then harmonize them into a soft limpid glow… She simply captured in actual life those illuminative moments, feelings, emotions, and impressions and presented them with her excellent writing techniques. Her work were pictures taken immediately from life, with a lustre of original light and beauty of life… She often employed various techniques of writing, and sometimes more than ten different means of artistic expression could be discerned in a very short work. In terms of the content of her work, there are exposure and satire as well as praise. What she exposed was the darkness of society and the inequalities in human life ; and she satirized stupid men of letters and good-for-nothing artists. She praised the sincerity of young hearts and the purity of real love… Mansfield manifested her talent wholly in her depiction of the internal world of her characters. She had an unerring grasp of the idiosyncrasy and psychology of her characters, making analyses using the details of life. She was good at describing human feeling, emotions, impressions and thoughts, which is demonstrated to the fullest extent in those of her stories with little or even no plot."
"At the turn of the century quite a few masters of fiction in Western literature happened to turn away at the same time from the elaborately-plotted story in the writing of fiction. They were Chekhov, James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, and Katherine Mansfield, who stood out most prominently as an exponent of plotless fiction. Although she [Mansfield] did not entirely exclude plots in her own writing, she succeeded in creating the genre of the plotless story. What she exposed was the darkness of society and the inequalities in human life ; and she satirized stupid men of letters and good-for-nothing artists. She praised the sincerity of young hearts and the purity of real love."
"… Reading Katherine Mansfield's poetic style of fiction, I have exclaimed on more than one occasion that hers are artistic works of photography. She could skillfully snatch from life pictures imbued with essential meaning and rich in artistic colours and then harmonize them into a soft limpid glow… She simply captured in actual life those illuminative moments, feelings, emotions, and impressions and presented them with her excellent writing techniques. Her work were pictures taken immediately from life, with a lustre of original light and beauty of life… She often employed various techniques of writing, and sometimes more than ten different means of artistic expression could be discerned in a very short work. In terms of the content of her work, there are exposure and satire as well as praise. What she exposed was the darkness of society and the inequalities in human life ; and she satirized stupid men of letters and good-for-nothing artists. She praised the sincerity of young hearts and the purity of real love… Mansfield manifested her talent wholly in her depiction of the internal world of her characters. She had an unerring grasp of the idiosyncrasy and psychology of her characters, making analyses using the details of life. She was good at describing human feeling, emotions, impressions and thoughts, which is demonstrated to the fullest extent in those of her stories with little or even no plot."
Mentioned People (2)
Chen, Jianing
(um 1991) : Autor
Mansfield, Katherine
(Wellington, Neuseeland 1888-1923 Fontainebleau) : Englisch-neuseeländische Schriftstellerin, Dichterin
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
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Literature : Occident : New Zealand
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | Gong, Shifen. A fine pen : the Chinese view of Katherine Mansfield. (Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2001). S. 29, 31, 50-56. | Publication / Mans8 |