Appraising Katherine Mansfield’s Father Figures in “The Little Girl”: A Transitivity Analysis

Md. Saiful Alam , Adelina Binti Asmawi , Mohib Ullah , Shafinur Nahar , Sayeeda Fatema

This article explores the patterns of father figures, the father -child relationships and power imbalance depicted in Katherine Mansfield's “The Little Girl”, using one tool of analysis from Systemic Functional Grammar, which is Transitivity. Examined are the ways Mansfield, as a Modernist ...