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1、TheJiltingofGrannyWeatherallKatherineAnnePorter(15May1890–18September1980)wasaPulitzerPrize-winningAmericanjournalist,essayist,shortstorywriter,novelist,andpoliticalactivist.Sheisknownforherpenetratinginsight;herworksdealwithdarkthemessuchasbetrayal,deathandtheoriginofhumanevil.Thesettingfor'"
2、TheJiltingofGrannyWeatherall"isthebedroomwhereGrannyWeatherallisdying,thoughmostoftheactionoccursinGranny'shead.Toldasastream-of-consciousnessmonologue,itisthestoryofthelastdayintheeighty-year-oldwoman'slife.Inherfinalhourswithhersurvivingchildrenaroundherbed,GrannyWeatherallreconsidersherlife
3、andpondersherimpendingdeath.Almostagainstherwill,herthoughtsreturntoanincidentthatoccurredmorethansixtyyearsearlier:ShewasleftstandingaloneatthealtarwhenherfianceGeorgejiltedher.Georgeleftheratthewedding,withthecakeandguests,andGrannyneverletgoofthememory.Thismemoryiswhatdominatesherthoughtsas
4、shenearsdeath.AttheendofthestoryassheasksGodforasignanddoesn'tgetone,shefeelsthatnowGodhasjiltedher.Sheblowsoutthelight,andherlifeandthestoryareover.PortergraduallyrevealsthedetailsofthejiltingthroughGrannyWeatherall'sfragmentedrecollections.InGrannyWeatherall'ssemi-consciousstate,thepastmingl
5、eswiththepresentandpeopleandobjectstakeonnewformsandidentities.streamofconsciousnessInliterarycriticism,streamofconsciousnessisanarrativemodethatseekstoportrayanindividual'spointofviewbygivingthewrittenequivalentofthecharacter'sthoughtprocesses,eitherinalooseinteriormonologue,orinconnectiontoh
6、isorheractions.Stream-of-consciousnesswritingisusuallyregardedasaspecialformofinteriormonologueandischaracterizedbyassociative(andattimesdissociative)leapsinsyntaxandpunctuationthatcanmaketheprosedifficulttofollow,tracingacharacter'sfragmentarythoughtsandsensoryfeelings.Streamofconsciousnessan
7、dinteriormonologuearedistinguishedfromdramaticmonologue,wherethespeakerisaddressinganaudienceorathirdperson,andisusedchieflyinpoetryordrama.Instreamofconsciousness,thespeaker'sthoughtprocessesaremoreoftendepictedasoverheardinthemind(ora