Category: The Garden Party

Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, more commonly known as Katherine Mansfield may not be a familiar author to many readers today, but has made a great impact to the literature as one of the most talented writers. She is a modernist writer from New Zealand who was born on October 4, 1888. She has always had a…

Back in 1957, Warren S. Walkers study has already provoked a discussion about whether The Garden Party is a united and complete story. He claimed that The Garden Party often leaves readers with a feeling of dissatisfaction, a vague sense that the story somehow does not realize its potential. He then pointed out that the…

Back to 1957, Warren S. Walkers study has already provoked a dialogue about whether or not or no longer or now not The Garden Party is a united and whole story. He claimed that The Garden Party typically leaves readers with a feeling of dissatisfaction, a vague experience that the story by using some potential…

Authors choose different narrative perspectives when they are creating stories, and different perspectives lead to different effect. After analysis, it is found that Katherine Mansfield uses focalization and covert progression in her story The Garden Party. These two perspectives work on different levels of this story but they are strongly correlative. When talking about the…