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WilliamFaulkner 1897 1962 BriefintroductionLiteraturecontributionStyleandtechniquesStatueARoseforEmily WilliamCuthbertFaulkner Nationality American Birthday September25 1897 Birthplace NewAlbany Mississippi Remarks AtoweringfigureinAmericanliteratureduringthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury ConsideredoneofthetwogreatestAmericannovelistsofhiserawithErnestHemingway OneoftherepresentivesofSouthernrenaissanceinAmericanliterature BriefIntroduction LifeintheSouth Oxford Miss modelofhisfictionalJefferson Yoknapatawphacounty hisfamilymembersprototypesforhisfictionalcharactersTwoinfluentialfigures PhilipStone SherwoodAnderson1925 firstnovelpublished Soldier sPay 军饷 1929 twonovels Sartoris TheSoundandtheFury1929 1942 mostproductive 2short storycollections avolumeofpoetry 11novels1949 NobelPrizeforLiteratureAFable 1954 andhislastnovelTheReivers 1962 bothwonthePulitzerPrizeforFiction LiteratureContributions MajorNovels TheSoundandtheFury 1929 喧哗与骚动 AsILayDying 1930 我弥留之际 Sanctuary 1931 圣殿 LightinAugust 1932 八月之光 Absalom Absalom 1936 押沙龙 押沙龙 TheHamlet 1940 村子 TheTown 1957 小镇 TheMansion 1959 大宅 SnopesTrilogy 斯诺普斯三部曲 Booksofshortstories TheseThirteen 1931 十三篇 Godown Moses 1942 去吧 摩西 TheCollectedStoriesofWilliamFanlkner 1950 福克纳短篇小说集 A Characterization authorialtranscendenceTheauthortriestowithdrawfrommakingconclusionandjudgment lettingthecharactersexplainthemselvesandhinderingaslittleaspossiblethereader sdirectexperienceoftheworkofart B Afalliblenarrator streamofconsciousness interiormonologuTellingastorybyrecordingthethoughtofonecharacter describingthementalandemotionalreactionsofcharacterstoexternalevents ratherthantheeventsthemselves withoutregardtologicalargumentornarrativesequence StyleandTechniques C Multiplenarrators multiplepointsofviewshowingwithinthesamestorydifferentreactionstothesamepersonorthesamesituation givingthestoryacircularformratherthanalinearstructureD DisruptionoftimesequenceE Open endedness NobelPrizeWinner 1949 Oneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcenturyOneofthemostimportantSouthernwritersHisreputationisbasedonhisnovels novellasandshortstories Hewasalsoapublishedpoetandanoccasionalscreenwriter Status Status ARoseforEmily WilliamFaulkner威廉 福克纳 1897 1962 EmilyGrierson theprotagonist hasbeentwistedinpersonalitybyforcesbeyondhercontrol Dominatedbyheraristocraticfather shehasbeenpreventedfrommarryingandafterhisdeathsheisleftaloneandpenniless ShekillsherloverHomerBarroninordertokeephimwithher Shedoesnotacceptchangeofthetimeandalienatesherselffromthecommunity Sheisinsaneandheractionsaregrotesque butsheisavictim atragicwomanwhoinvitessympathy Oneofthethemesofthisstoryistherelationoftheindividualandhisactionstothepast presentandfuture Apartfromtheexplorationofpsychologicalreality thedisplacedchronologyinnarrationisalsocharacteristicofFaulkner sstyle TheMeaningoftheTitle Themeaningofthetitleisambiguous capableofvariousinterpretations Aroseisasymbolizingloveandapledgeoffaithfulness FromthestorywecanseeMissEmilywasdeniedlove So inthissense thetitlehasanironicmeaning Aroseforsomebodycanalsomeanakindofmemorial anoffering inmemoryofsomebody WritingStyle Flashback 倒叙 andforeshadowing 铺垫 aretwooftenusedliterarydevicesthatutilizetimeinordertoproduceadesiredeffect Flashbacksareusedtopresentactionthatoccursbeforethebeginningofastory foreshadowingcreatesexpectationforactionthathasnotyethappened Faulknerusesbothdevicesin ARoseforEmily Themeaningofthestory Theplotofthestoryevolvesaroundmanyconflicts theconflictsbetweenMr Griersonandhisdaughter theconflictbetweenMissEmilyandHomerBarron theconflictbetweenMissEmilyandthecommunity theconflictbetweentheSouthandtheNorth theconflictbetweenMissEmilyandtheestablishedcodesofconduct andtheconflictbetweenthepastandthepresent Thereaders differentfocusontheseconflictsmayleadtodifferentinterpretations Onthewhole ittellswhatitisliketoliveintheAmericanSouthbetweenthe1860sandthe1930swhentheSouthhadtodigestthelossofthewarandcopewithitslegacyinachangingsociety TheCharactersofAmily BornintoanaristocraticfamilyoftheSouth MissEmilywasproud self importantandobstinate 倔强的 likeotherGriersons Asaladyfromsuchafamily sheenjoyedahighbutobsoletesocialstatus Ontheonehandshewasplacedonapedestalforpeopletoadmireasifshewereperfect Shewascloselywatchedbythecommunityandwasalwaysexpectedtobringhonortothetownandsetagoodexamplefortheyoung ShewasviewedasarepresentativeoftheSoutherntradition anidolintheniche Nominatedbyherfather aniche shewasdeprivedofallopportunitiesforahappymarriageandthusforanormalwoman slife AftershebegantocourtwithHomerBarron aNorthernlaborer shewasaccusedofbeingadisgracetothetownandabadexampletotheyoungpeople Thepatriarchalandsocialpressurewarpedhercharacter Shetriedhardtoclingtothepast whichmeantprivilegeandglorytoher Shecutherselfofffromthechangingworldandlivedincompleteself isolation Overtheyears shewastransformedfromasubordinateyounglad