Abstract
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Southern American writer Eudora Welty. In the story collection, Welty portrays life and people in Mississippi in the first half of the 20th century, including quite a few marginalized people. Being a photographer as well, Welty has a unique vision for body expression. This essay tries to make an analysis of the body narration of two types of marginalized people in A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, including physically disabled people and black people. By analyzing the body culture in Welty’s works, this essay tries to give a vivid picture of Southern marginalized people’s daily existence, probe into the social circumstances of Southern America in early 20th century, and find a new perspective to interpret Southern American culture.
Highlights
The concept of marginal man or human is first put forward by German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin
By analyzing the body culture in Welty‟s works, this essay tries to give a vivid picture of Southern marginalized people‟s daily existence, probe into the social circumstances of Southern America in early 20th century, and find a new perspective to interpret Southern American culture
According to Lewin, “„marginal man refers to people who participate incompletely in either of the two social groups and live between the two social groups.” (Lewin, 2003, p. 181) (Principles of Topological Psychology, 2003, p. 181) The Marginal Man Theory is first developed by American sociologist Robert Ezra Park in 1926, and further developed by other scholars, such as Stonequist, Hacker, Weisberger, and Deegan, etc
Summary
The concept of marginal man or human is first put forward by German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin. In Robert Ezra Park‟s theory, marginality is related to race and culture. Studies on body has become a research focus in recent years Since their publications, the works of Eudora Welty have been studied by various scholars abroad and at home. Danielle Pitavy-Souques and Thomas L.McHaney pay attention to the forms of Welty‟s works They regard the form of The Golden Apples as a huge net of myth and try to reinterpret this work from the perspective of myth archetypes. Eudora Welty has portrayed all kinds of Southern people in her works, including marginalized people In her novels, Welty shows her deep concern over the lower class in the Southern American society. Through analyzing the body narration of Southern marginalized people in Welty‟s works, a new perspective of studying the Southern American society in the 20th century can be found
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