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1、美国文学专题课程论文ApplicationofSymbolisminWilliamFaulkner's"ARoseforEmily"象征主义在威廉·福克纳的《艾米丽的玫瑰》的应用院(系)名称外国语学院专业名称英语学生姓名程路佳学生学号1201200127课程教师张玮艳2015年12月28日8ApplicationofSymbolisminWilliamFaulkner's"ARoseforEmily"1IntroductionIn1865,theCivilWarendedwiththefailureoftheSouth.The
2、wardestroyedthesystemandvaluesoftheSouth.TheSouthernAmericanswereindespair.TheconflictandcontradictionoftheSouthandtheNortharesharp.ThispaperaimsatanalyzingthesymbolsusedinthisshortstorytoexploretheconflictandcontradictionbetweentheSouthandtheNorthinfacingthefalloft
3、hevaluesandsystems.Itwillhelpusbetterunderstandthemenduringthehistoricreform.Bytheanalysisofthesymbols,wecanknowthatmenoftheSouthsufferspiritualcrisisalot.Theycannotaccustomtothenewsociety.TheNorthandtheSouthcouldnotbecompromised.Inthisstory,Faulknerprovidesuswithap
4、ictureofthepastgloryoftheSouth,thedeclineanddisintegrationoftheoldfamiliesandtheoldorder,andtheemergenceoftheneworder.Emily'stragedyisnotcausedbytheconflictbetweentheoldandtheneworder,butbythetraditionofPuritanismasitscore.2SymbolicMeaningoftheGrierson'sHouseWhencom
5、paredchronologically,theGriersonhouseisusedtosymbolizeMissEmily'sphysicalattributes.Initsprime,theGriersonhouseisdescribedas"white,decoratedwithcupolasandspiresandscrolledbalconiesintheheavilylightsomestyleoftheseventies".Thisdescriptionsuggeststhatthehouseisbuiltno
6、tonlyforfunction,butalsotoimpressandengagetheattentionoftheothertownspeople.8Similarly,EmilyGriersonnotwithstanding,aredressedinaconspicuousmanner.Thisdisplayofextravaganceisegotisticallydesignedbymentogiveanimpressionofwealthtoonlookers.Emilyisregardedbyherfatheras
7、property.Hersignificancetohimisstronglyornamental,justastheiroverlylavishhomeis.Astheplotprogresses,thereaderisclearlymadeawareofthephysicaldeclineofboththehouseandMissEmily.Justasthehouseisdescribedas"smellingofdustanddisuseaclose,danksmell"(P.410),evidenceofEmily'
8、sownagingisgivenwhenhervoiceissimilarlysaidtobe"dryandcold"(P.411).Ultimately,atthetimeofEmily'sdeath,thehouseisseenbythetownspeopleas"ane