Open AccessOn the Spatial Narrative of “The Story of an Hour”
Author(s) -
Haiqiong Wang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian journal of social sciences studies/asian journal social science studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-9041
pISSN - 2424-8517
DOI - 10.20849/ajsss.v7i3.1045
Subject(s) - narrative , space (punctuation) , aesthetics , literature , history , narrative history , narrative inquiry , narrative criticism , sociology , art , philosophy , linguistics
“The Story of an Hour”, a short story written by American novelist Kate Chopin in the late 19th century, tells the psychological journey of Mrs. Mallard, the protagonist in an hour. Among the so many perspectives to study this story, spatial narrative is an important one. Based on relevant theories of spatial narrative, this paper attempts to explore the narrative art of space from the aspects of narrative of topographical space, mental space and textual space, and social space so as to provide a new way to interpret the story.