析凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德的彼得·潘情结

Analysis of Katherine Mansfield's Peter Pan Complex

凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德以一个孩子的心态塑造了诸多孩童形象和孩童式成年女性形象。作品中单纯无忧的儿童世界和冷酷堕落的成人世界之间形成强烈反差。不愿长大、想逃避成人责任义务的彼得·潘情结在作家的作品和现实生活中都有充分体现。在无处可逃时,作家只能从写作中寻找心灵的家园,得到精神的平衡。

Katherine Mansfield created a number of children and psychologically immature female images with the view and psyche of a child. She emphasized the sharp contrasts between the child world and the adult world. Her Peter Pan Complex can be revealed both from her real life and her fiction. By indulging herself into writing, she tried to come back to her free and pure childhood to escape her fear and anxiety and to obtain some comfort and consolation.