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1、A Rose For Emily 伏晓君 132060133 索畅 47 谢昀杉44 William FaulknerBorn:September25,1897Died:July6,1962(aged64)Notable works:TheSoundandtheFury喧哗与骚动AsILayDying我弥留之际LightinAugust八月之光Absalom,Absalom!押沙龙！押沙龙！ARoseforEmily纪念爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花Notable awards:NobelPrizeinLiterature1949PulitzerPrizeforFiction1955,1963-One o

2、f the greatest writer in 20th century-initiator（发起人）（发起人）of Southern Renaissance-one of the most influential modernist novel writers in the WestWilliam Faulkner(1897-1962)(1897-1962)regarded as one of the leading American writers in the literary history of the United States；a representative of the w

3、riters using stream of consciousness（William Faulkner 18971962）Faulkner in HollywoodFaulkner in army uniformwriting career19 novels 4 volumes of short stories 2 volumes of poetry The Early Period(1924-1929)Novels:1926 Soldiers Pay军饷军饷1927 Mosquitoes蚊群蚊群1929 Sartoris萨托里斯萨托里斯1929 The Sound and the Fur

4、y喧哗与骚动（喧哗与骚动（The Most Celebrated Novel）Poetry:1924The Marble Faun大理石牧神大理石牧神（The first book of poems）The Creative Period(1930-1942)Novels:1930 As I Lay Dying我弥留之我弥留之际1931 Sanctuary圣殿圣殿1932 Light in August八月之光八月之光1935 Pylon塔塔门1936 Absalom,Absalom!押沙押沙龙，押沙，押沙龙！1938 The Unvanquished不不败者者1939 If I Forget

5、 Thee Jerusalem(The Wild Palms/Old Man)野棕野棕榈1940 The Hamlet村子村子1942 Go Down,Moses去吧，摩西去吧，摩西Short-story collectionsA volume of poetrywriting techniquesAuthorial transcendence(作家的超脱，作家退出小说作家的超脱，作家退出小说)Stream of consciousness (意识流意识流)Multiple points of view(多叙多叙述视角）述视角）Authorial transcenden The writer

6、should be interested in all mans behavior with no judgement whatever.Faulkner allows his characters to enjoy a maximum degree of autonomy and independence.He would rather the character explain themselves with little intervention of the author.Stream of consciousness “interior monologue”,the reaction

7、s and inner thoughts of the narrators.broke through the bounds of time and space,and depicted vividly and skillfully the unconscious activity of the mind.Multiple Points of View It refers to showing within the same story how the characters reacted differently to the same person or the same situation

8、.Major ThemesMajor Themesfailure and decay of the south of Americainternal conflictsissues of class,sex and racehuman natureCreative background The story was set in southern United States after the Civil War when slavery and plantation economy was exposed to the influence of northern industrializati

9、on,and asa result,the conventional morals and creeds of southern society were faced with a crisis of collapsingand remodeling.Setting,time and major charactersSetting:The town of Jefferson-the county seat of YoknapatawphaTime:no clear time clues,using flashbackMajor characters:Emily,her father and h

10、er lover Homer,the people of the townMinor characters:Colonel Sartoris,Judge Stevens Main charactersEmily Grierson:a mysterious figure who chanfes from a vibrant and hopeful young girl into a clositered and secretive old woman.Homer Barron:a foreman from the north,he is a large man with a dark compl

11、exion,a booming voice and light colorful eyes.TownpeopleMr.Grierson:Emilys father,he is a controlling,looming presence even in death and the community clearly see his lasting influence over Emily.Judge Steven：a mayor of Jefferson.Colonel Startoris:the former mayor of Jefferson,he absolves Emily of t

12、ax burden after the death of her father.The Symbolic Meaning of Rose in the Title“rose”is used here in a raher ironical sense(a symbol of decay and death)The pity,sympathy,or the lament chosen by the author to objectify his complicatd and emotional involvement in the South and in the people who grow

13、 up and live there ever since.Section one-People talk about how Emily hasnt paid her taxes.-She has been sheltered her whole life by her dad.-Colonel Startoris（mayor）knew he wouldnt get taxes from her(Southern pride).-He creates a story why she doesnt pay.-She belives the story and buy into it.Secti

14、on two-A strange smell emits(气味）from Emilys house.-Men have to sneak around her house to spread to cover smell.-Her father died but Emily refused to accept the fact.Section three-The first apperance of Homer Barron-Towns people react women gossiping-Emily is seen buying arsenic-Faulkner forces us to

15、 make a judgement at this point.Should we feel sorry for her?Is she senile？Scandalous?.Does she buy the arsenic before or after Homers visit?Section four-Emily s cousins arrice to prepare her for marrige.-Emily buys mens clothing and toiletries.-This is the last time anyone sees Homer.-Emily dies.Se

16、ction five-Back to present time.-Emily is dead.-The towns people open her door that has been shut for over 30 years.-Their discovery creates shudders of honor and disgust.-The dinal judgement/response from the reader is laid out.ConflictsThe conflicts between1,new things and old things 2,new generat

17、ion and older generation3,the south and the north Writing style Flashback and foreshadowing are two often used literary devices that utilize time in order to produce a desired effect.Flashbacks are used to present action that occurs before the beginning of a story;foreshadowing creates expectation f

18、or action that has not yet happened.Faulkner uses both devices in A Rose for Emily.Why did Miss Emily kill Homer Barron?a.Barron had deserted her.b.Barron refused to marry her.c.She feared that Barron would not remain faithful to her after their marriage.d.She was insane（疯狂的）.e.He wanted to blackmai

19、l（以情相迫）her.f.He wanted to take her to the North.The thematic analysisThree LevelsOn the super-facial levelOn the symbolic levelOn the deeper levelIt is amurder story wiyh elements of Gothic literatureThe story can be read as a conflict between the South and North with Emily representing the South and Hormer representing the North.The South takes revenge on the North.The story explores the inner world of human being or the inner sturggle in the human heart.Thank you!