A Rose for Emily

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1、“ARoseforEmily”ByWilliamFaulknerMengXianhuaLecturerofEnglishEnglishDepartmentTeachers’CollegeQingdaoUniversityWilliamFaulkner1897-1962YoknapatawphaCountyasthesettingforalmostallhiswritingsTheYoknapatawphastoriesTheYoknapatawphastoriesdeal,generally,withthehistoricalperiodfromtheCivilW

2、aruptothe1920swhentheFirstWorldWarbrokeout,andpeopleofastratifiedsociety,thearistocrats,thenewrich,thepoorwhites,andtheblacks.Asaresult,YoknapatawphaCountyhasbecomeanallegoryoraparableoftheOldSouth,withwhichFaulknerhasmanagedsuccessfullytoshowapanoramaoftheexperienceandconsciousnessof

3、thewholeSouthernsociety.TheYoknapatawphasagaisFaulkner'srealachievement.HislifeandwritingFaulkneristhemostpowerfulandeloquentrepresentativeofAmericanSouthernwriters.AmericanSouthernwritersmainlywriteaboutthehistory,customs,peopleandsocialchangeoftheAmericanSouth,aregionthatcontainsmuc

4、hbeauty,violence,passion,courageand,finallytragedy.Itwasfromtheregion'scharacteristicsthatFaulknerdrewthematerialformostofhisfiction.Hisliterarycareer:threestages(1)1924~1929:trainingasawriterTheMarbleFaunSoldier’sPayMosquitoes(2)1929~1936:mostproductiveandprolificperiodSartor

5、isTheSoundandtheFuryAsILayDyingLightinAugustAbsalom,Absalom(3)1940~theend:wontherecognitioninAmericaGoDown,MosesHisPointofViewHegenerallyshowsagrimpictureofhumansocietywhereviolenceandcrueltyarefrequentlyincluded,buthislaterworksshowedmoreoptimism.Hisintentionwastoshowtheevil

6、,harsheventsincontrasttosucheternalvirtuesaslove,honour,pity,compassion,self-sacrifice,andtherebyexposethefaultsofsociety.Hefeltthatitwasawriter’sdutytoremindhisreadersconstantlyoftruevaluesandvirtues.NobelAcceptanceSpeechOurtragedytodayisageneralanduniversalphysicalfearsolongsustaine

7、dbynowthatwecanevenbearit.Therearenolongerproblemsofthespirit.Thereisonlythequestion:WhenwillIbeblownup?Becauseofthis,theyoungmanorwomanwritingtodayhasforgottentheproblemsofthehumanheartinconflictwithitselfwhichalonecanmakegoodwritingbecauseonlythatisworthwritingabout,worththeagonyand

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