曼斯菲尔德的短篇小说《布里尔小姐》是短篇小说中的艺术精品。它突破现实主义小说的传统写法 ,将笔触深入主人公的心灵深处 ,细腻地刻画了她一个下午在公园的情感历程 ,揭示出人物孤寂幻灭的精神困境及其必然性。作品构思精巧 ,富于象征 ,蕴含深厚 ,颇具艺术魅力。解读此类作品对于推动当前短篇小说创作具有重要现实意义。 Mansfield’s short story, “Miss Brill,” is a work of art in short stories. It breaks through the traditional wording of realistic novels, strokes the strokes deep into the soul of the protagonist, and exquisitely depicts her emotional journey in the park in the afternoon, revealing the spiritual dilemma and its inevitability of loneliness and disillusionment. Works exquisitely conceived, symbolic, contains profound, quite artistic charm. Interpreting such works is of great practical significance for promoting the creation of the current short story.