精巧的安排 深刻的诘问——《帕克大妈的一生》评析

On Katherine Mansfield's Life of Ma Parker

《帕克大妈的一生》采用意识流创作手法,在对人物活动的短暂叙述中插入人物的心理活动片段,通过人物的回忆和内心独白塑造了一个勤劳善良、逆来顺受的贫困妇女的形象。小说揭示了社会上的贫富不均现象,表达了作者对底层劳动者的同情,同时也显示了作者高超的创作技巧,在短篇小说创作史上具有里程碑式的意义。

As a stream-of-consciousness short story, Life of Ma Parker inserts the character, mental activities into the brief narration of her actions. It portrays an industrious, kind and poor old lady who takes the bitter with the sweet through her memories and interior monologue. This short story not only discloses the social in-equality between the poor and the rich but also expresses the writer＇s deep sympathy for the working poor. It demonstrates the writer＇s superb craftsmanship and constitutes a milestone in the historical development of short story writing.