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Reflections on Self-Perception: Mansfield and Pirandello, Study notes of Technical English

Two short literary passages from Katherine Mansfield's 'Je ne parle pas français' and Luigi Pirandello's 'Uno, nessuno e centomila'. Both authors explore the theme of self-perception and the distinction between how one sees oneself and how others perceive us. Mansfield's passage describes a moment of self-realization, while Pirandello's passage expresses a sense of alienation and the feeling of being a stranger to oneself.

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Reading Out of Context

OCCT Discussion Group 2017, Michaelmas Term W

Suddenly I realised that quite apart from myself, I was smiling. Slowly I

raised my head and saw myself in the mirror opposite. Yes, there I sat,

leaning on the table, smiling my deep, sly smile, the glass of coffee with

its vague plume of steam before me and beside it the ring of white

saucer with two pieces of sugar.

I opened my eyes very wide. There I had been for all eternity, as it

were, and now at last I was coming to life...

and now the authors will be revealed…

Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)

‘ Je ne parle pas français ’

written 1918, published 1920

Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936)

Uno, nessuno e centomila

[ One, No One and One Hundred Thousand ]

written 1909-1925, published 1926