Katherine Mansfield s The Garden Party And The Doll s...

Hypothesis: Katherine Mansfield strongly emphasised prejudice and class distinction within her writing (The Garden Party and The Doll’s House) which was influenced from her upbringing and childhood Katherine Mansfield was a 1900’s modernist writer of short fiction who was born and raised in a socially prominent family in Wellington, New Zealand. Much of her work was strongly themed around issues such as classism, a woman s place in society, sexuality, adulthood and also grief. The central theme in Katherine Mansfield’s stories The Doll’s House and The Garden Party centres around the issue of cruelty of class distinctions. After reading and studying Katherine Mansfield’s late short stories, The Garden Party and The Doll’s House, I have concluded that Mansfield strongly emphasised prejudice and class distinction within her writing which was influenced from her upbringing and childhood. While analysing different critics opinions on Mansfield’s overarching theme in both The Doll’s house and The Garden Party to convey the issue of class distinctions and preconceived prejudice, I found many supportive pieces of evidence and discovered that both critics I studied shared similar ideas in relation to my initial hypothesis. The two main critics that I studied were that of Rebecca Richardson (2005) and Jayne Marek. These critics showed insight into the influence of her writing and her views on distinctions and prejudice in social classes. Rebecca Richardson shared the idea thatShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Katherine Mansfield s The Garden Party Essay1428 Words   |  6 PagesKelsey Archuleta Ms. Sparks AP Lit p.6 8 December 2016 Title Katherine Mansfield was a modernist short story writer during the 1920’s. She wrote various short stories in the few years as an author, Mansfield s stories often commented on class, relationships, families, and sexuality, After reading a few of her most popular works the common theme of them though out was the central conclusion of them all is the protagonist coming of age by seeing the more realistic view on life. The common themeRead MoreAnalysis Of Katherine Mansfield s The Dolls House Essay2323 Words   |  10 PagesKatherine Mansfield was an early 20th New Zealand writer who focused on people and how they interacted with each other. She was often making comments on the society around her. The four short stories of Mansfield that I am going to talk about are also based on the interaction between societies. The people in the 19th century were blinded with darkness of class prejudice and external appearance. The four short stories are ‘The Dolls House’ â⠂¬ËœThe Garden Party’ ‘A Cup of Tea’ and ‘Miss Brill’. TheRead MoreAnalysis Of The Poem Katherine Mansfield 2012 Words   |  9 PagesIntroduction: Katherine Mansfield was a well acclaimed author born in 1888. Her literature was in the form of short stories spanning no more than several passages long. Many dub her as an innovator in literature for her distinctive use of realism and symbolism which at the time was foreign to short stories and writing in general. Most authors at the time fabricated fictional worlds with fantastic characters in their stories but Mansfield was more interested in writing and emerging her audience intoRead MoreKatherine Mansfield Major Themes1340 Words   |  6 PagesIntroduction: Katherine Mansfield was a well-known author of her time. This was due to her controversial modernist pieces of writing. She commonly wrote about the political and social issues of her time whilst also writing about her personal life. Her inte rpretations based on the values of different societal classes brings a unique take on the themes represented in her writing. Many of the themes are similar but usually viewed on a different perspective. Four pieces from the 1920’s that show her