摘要：http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2013n65p49 Katherine Mansfield’s “The doll’s house” (2000) constitutes the object of the present discussion, which aims at tracing the relations among the characters, focusing on their affective actions–both those linked to negative affects (coldness,arrogance, violence, cruelty) and those related to positive affects (gentleness, sharing, understanding, tolerance, sensibility). My hypothesis is that the most substantial meanings of the shortstory derive from (mis)affective encounters–on the one hand, exclusion, prejudice, humiliation and cruelty; on the other, complicity, respect, acceptance and inclusion. My analysis will be supported with literary theoretical principles and with social theory discussions on the “affective turn”, so as to argue that this narrative dramatizes new possibilities of perception and action.
关键词：Modern Short Story;Katherine Mainsfield;Affect;Children
