Abstract
An epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.' This sentence uttered in 1973 when Patrick White won the Nobel Prize for literature. Indeed, not only did he bring on the international scene Australia as a country which produced a great writer but mostly he managed to stand out as a writer of high quality who, though now dead, represents the core of Australian literature. What characterizes his writings is the tendency he has to go deep into the characters personality as a way to criticize the society he was living in and which he despised. Always confronting society with characters whose peculiarity puts them beyond what is tangible, Patrick White expresses the profound discontentment which he was going through. Theodora Goodman, the heroine of The Aunt's Story, stands for this misunderstood character who transcends everything and everyone.
