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1、William Cuthbert Faulkner and his A Rose for Emily Xu QiuhongWilliam Cuthbert Faulkner(1897-1962)lOneofleadingAmericanauthorsofthetwentiethcenturylNobelPrizewinnerBiographical Introductionlin1897:borninNewAlbany,MississippilAttheageof4/5:movedtoOxford,MississippilIn1915:droppedoutofhighschooll1919-1

2、920:attendedtheUniversityofMississippilbefore1924:writingpoetry(failure)lSince1924:startedtowritefictionlin1926:thefirstnovelSoldiers Paywasacceptedbypublisherslin1929:marriedEstelleOldhamFranklinl1929-1942:aperiodofamazingliteraryoutputlin1949:awardedtheNobelPrizeforliteraturelin1962:diedathomeofah

3、eartattackHisliterarycontributionsl19novelsl4collectionsofabout70shortstoriesl2volumesofpoetryHismajorworkslThe Sound and Fury喧嚣与骚动(1929)decayandfalloftheCompsons.lAs I Lay Dying我弥留之际(1930)apoorwhitefamilysjourneythroughfireandfloodtoburythemotherinherhometown.lLight in August八月之光(1932)theexposition

4、ofthepsychologyofracismlAbsalom,Absalom!押沙龙，押沙龙！(1936)abouttheSutpensagaHisliteraryidolslSherwoodAndersonlJamesJoyceHismajorthemeslHisfictiondiscussesissuesofsex,class,racerelations,andrelationswithnature.lTodayheisregardedasanimportantinterpreteroftheuniversalthemeoftheproblemsofthehumanheartinconf

5、lictwithitself.SettingofFaulknersnovelslMostofFaulknersstorieshappenedinJeffersontown,inYoknapatawphaCounty(约克纳帕塔法县),afictionalworldcreatedbyFaulkner.l“thatmyownlittlepostagestampofnativesoilwasworthwritingaboutandthatIwouldneverlivelongenoughtoexhaustitandthatbysublimatingtheactualintotheapocryphalIwouldhavecompletelibertytousewhatevertalentImighthavetoitsabsolutetop.Itopenedupagoldmineofotherpeople,soIcreatedacosmosofmyown”