Academic literature on the topic 'Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 Technique'

<p>Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) is an eminent novelist in the history of American literature, especially famous for her short novels. <em>Noon Wine </em>is her important masterpiece, its plot and motif always lead to reader’s deep meditation, and researches focus more on its narrative art, myth archetypes and themes. This paper tries to interpret <em>Noon Wine </em>from the perspective of deconstruction and selects several important characters to combine with the subversion of binary opposition in deconstruction, which aims to conclude that the relationship of good and evil in this story is consistent with Derrida’s definition for the relation of binary opposition---supplementation. Therefore, when people interpret things or person, it would be better to be more multiple, after all, between good and evil, there is not merely an arbitrary line but space for more possibilities.</p>

Resumo: O símbolo folclórico e cristão nos contos mexicanos de Katherine Anne Porter limita-se a: Maria Concepción, The Martyr, Virgin Violeta, Flowering Judas, Hacienda e That Tree. Katherine Anne Porter insiste em dois fatos importantes em sua obra: que o simbolismo nasce da consciência do autor, juntamente com suas experiências, e ; que a procura da verdade foi uma de suas constantes ao escrever os contos. Daí a necessidade de investigar a verdade histórica, e nela descobrir o sentido mais profundo expresso através da simbologia da autora. Sob um clima de pós-revolução, (Revolução Mexicana de 1910) encontra-se um povo à procura da identidade por meio de reações antitéticas de amor e violência, fidelidade e traição. É um povo rebelde. Sua intransigência é individual e também social. Luta entre a solidão e a transcendência, aceitando a morte, e dela fazendo uso em suas explosões de protesto, desespero e ódio. Ao mesmo tempo, apresenta-se um povo que aspira à comunhão, ao amor, à tranqüilidade, ao contentamento e ao equilíbrio; uma comunidade que reconhece o valor da mulher e o seu desempenho social. Apesar de o homem aparecer em situações antagônicas, ele tem um ideal, e com este, uma grande esperança e uma perspectiva de salvação. A grande preocupação da autora é apresentar o indivíduo dentro da família e da sociedade. Esta sociedade é primitiva e se encontra dentro de um mundo agitado, em constante mudança. Apesar das dificuldades, entretanto, encara a situação com vigor e sem medo, como um desafio. A gênese da simbologia de Katherine Anne Porter foi procurada na verdade histórica com que ela se familiarizou, a ponto de identificar-se com a consciência primitiva das personagens e interpretar-lhes o universo de sua alma sofrida. Esse estado de espírito surge tanto nos títulos como na contextura dos contos, caracterizando esse universo.

Cette etude examine les metamorphoses de la notion de creativite dans la litterature du sud des etats-unis a travers des ecrits de femmes. Parallelement a l'entree en ecriture d'auteurs cherchant a bouleverser les themes et les intrigues dont elles heritent s'affirment des femmes artistes essayant de trouver une issue au conflit opposant identite de genre et identite artistique. Trois auteurs ont ete retenus : e. Glasgow , k. A. Porter et e. Welty , dont les publications s'echelonnent au cours du vingtieme siecle et permettent de mesurer l'evolution du traitement de la creativite feminine. La premiere partie de ce travail analyse la tradition litteraire dont glasgow est l'heritiere et montre comment quatre de ses romans tentent de subvertir les representations de la feminite sudiste essentialisee pour souligner la creativite feminine. La seconde partie examine les essais de glasgow , ainsi que la correspondance , les manuscrits et les nouvelles de porter , ecrits qui revelent la double nature du processus createur dans lequel les femmes artistes sont engagees , tant au niveau de la diegese qu'au niveau biographique : elles creent leur identite d'artistes et utilisent des metaphores liees a leur identite de genre pour illustrer leur discours sur la creativite et tisser les fils de la diegese. Les Œuvres de welty confirment la validite de ces metaphores , dont l'image centrale est celle du patchwork quilt. La derniere partie repose sur le processus createur engendre par la lecture. La lecture garantit la conformite de certains personnages feminins aux normes de l'identite sexuelle, toutefois elle est instrument de liberation et de creation de soi pour d'autres
This study rests on the analysis of women's texts to demonstrate the metamorphoses of the idea of creativity in twentieth-century southern literature. We argue that women authors' attempt to undermine previous themes and plots allowed for the emergence of the figure of the female artist, trying to bridge the gap between gender identity and artistic identity. This study comprises the works of three authors: ellen glasgow, katherine anne porter and eudora welty, who published throughout the twentieth century and whose treatment of the notion of women's creativity establishes a sense of fertile continuity. The first part of this work deals with the literary tradition glasgow was heir to and shows how four of her main novels subvert traditional representations of southern femininity and celebrate female creativity. The second part of this study looks at glasgow's essays, as well as porter's correspondence, manuscripts and short stories to establish the double nature of the creative process women writers are involved in: it includes laying the foundations of their artistic identity and investing metaphors derived from their gender identity with artistic meaning. Welty's fiction resorts to similar metaphors, including that of the patchwork quilt, to illustrate the creative process. The last part of this thesis analyses the act of reading as creative process. We show that reading can reinforce female characters' compliance with the norms of gender identity but also function as a liberating and self-creating experience for others

"The Theme of Isolation in Selected Short Fiction of Kate Chopin, Katherine Anne Porter, and Eudora Welty" examines certain prototypical natures of isolation as recurrent and underlying themes in selected short fiction of Chopin, Porter, and Welty. Despite the differing backgrounds of the three Southern women writers, and despite the variety of issues they treat, the theme of isolation permeates most of their short fiction. I categorize and analyze their short stories by the nature and the treatment of the varieties of isolation. The analysis and comparison of their short stories from this particular perspective enables readers to link the three writers and to acknowledge their artistic talent and grasp of human psychology and situations.