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1、TheftbyKatherineAnnePorter ThemaincharacterinKatherineAnnePorters'shortstory"Theft"isapoorwomanattheageaboutlate20swithabeautifulpurse.Thepurseisathreadwhichassociateswithseveralepisodesandineacheventitrevealsthemaincharacter'sinnerpersonality.Thefirstepisodeisheren
2、counterswiththreemenwhostandforlover,friendandneighbor.Thesecondeventisthetheftofherpurse.Lastly,theprotagonistconfrontsthethief.Ineachepisodethemaincharacterdisplaysherintimatepersonality. Thebackgroundofthestoryisthe“Red30’s”thatthewesternworldwasdominatedbytheide
3、ologyofCommunismwhichvaluesequality,senseofcommonthateverythingisownbysociety.Influencedandaffectedbysuchideology,theheroinetakenocareofherprocession,boththetangible(moneyandproperty)onesandintangibleones(kinship,friendship,loveandhappinessoflife,etc.)“Letitgo”isthe
4、onlyconclusionshemadefortheunpleasantexperiencesshecameacross.Theonlystrike-backshemadewaswhenshefoundthepursewasstolen.Thepurseisfromanveryimportantfriendandmeaningfultoher.Shebrokehersilenceanddemandedthethefttogiveitback.Butthetheftarguedthatherbeautywasfadingand
5、shedidnotneeditanymorethatsheshouldgiveittoanotheryoungergirl.Reviewingherlife,theheroinerealizedthatithadbeenhercarelessnessandindifferencethatmadeherloseeverythingandherattitudetowardslifeismoreterriblethanatheft.“Iwasrightnottobeafraidofanytheftbutmyself,whowille
6、ndbyleavingmenothing.” KatherineAnnePorter’sTheft Realismwasdevelopedafterthecivilwar,whichisdefinedas“thefaithfulrepresentationofreality”.TheageofRealismisreactionagainstromanticismandaninterestinscientificmethod.Thesweepingchangesofeconomy,society,andpolitics,whic
7、htookplaceinpost-warlife,allowedAmericanrealismtoprevail.RealismstartedwiththerealisticandfrontierliteraturethatmergedintothemainstreamthroughauthorssuchasMarkTwainuptonow. Realismischaracterizedbynaturaldiction,truthfuldescriptionoflife,typicalcharacterundertypical
8、circumstance,revelationthefrustrationsofcharactersinanenvironmentofsordidnessanddepravity,andopenending. KatherineAnnePorter(1890-1980)was
