Transform The Perspective Of The Same Concern

Eudora Welty is one of the leading writers in American Southern Literature. Welty's achievement in writing techniques in The Golden Apples is considered as the representative of her art in short story writing. This thesis is to discuss one of the most important features in The Golden Apples, that is the changed narrative points of view. The first chapter will focus on "Shower of Gold", "Sir Rabbit" and "Moon Lake", which are told from women's points of view. The narrations of four women not only show that women are treated unequally, and become victims of men's will and violence, but also reveal women's awakening in self-consciousness. The second chapter will discuss "June Recital", which is told from two children's points of view. Children's points of view objectively reflect the failure of women's searching for self-realization and self-identity. The third chapter will focus on "The Whole World Knows" and "Music from Spain", which are told from men's points of view. The narrations of men imply the problematic relation between men and women, and reflect women's living state from the reverse side. The fourth chapter is an analysis of "The Wanderers", in which Welty uses omniscient point of view to reflect the mental process of the character in seeking self-realization. The conclusion of the thesis points out that although Welty uses changing points of view in The Golden Apples, her unchanging focus is on women's fate in a patriarchal society.