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1、课程论文课程名称：英美文学选读学生姓名：李冰沁学号：20083229学院：外国语学院专业年级：08级英语1班题目：GothicCharacteristicsinARoseforEmily联系方式：15575178889 2010年6 月GothicCharacteristicsinARoseforEmilyAbstract:"ARoseforEmily"isafive-partshortstorywrittenbyWilliamFaulkner.ThisessaymakesananalysisoftheGothicelements
2、in“ARoseforEmily”withsomebackgroundsupports.AGothicromanceis“astoryofterrorandsuspense,usuallysetinagloomyoldcastleormonastery”with“acomparablysinister,grotesque,orclaustrophobicatmosphere”Keywords:Gothic;rose;love;deathThissemesterwearerecommendedashortfiction“ARosefo
3、rEmily”writtenbyWilliamFaulknerwhowasaNobelPrize-winningAmericanauthorandoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury.Hisreputationisbasedonhisnovels,novellasandshortstories."ARoseforEmily"isafive-partshortstorynarratedbythetownspeopleofJefferson,Mississippi.Itisasto
4、ryofaneccentricspinster,EmilyGrierson.AnunnamednarratordetailsthestrangecircumstancesofEmily’slifeandheroddrelationshipswithherfather,herlover,andthetownofJefferson,andthehorriblesecretshehides.1.AbriefintroductiontoGothicromanceinthisfictionAGothicromanceis“astoryofte
5、rrorandsuspense,usuallysetinagloomyoldcastleormonastery”with“acomparablysinister,grotesque,orclaustrophobicatmosphere”.TheAmericanGothicmovementsprangfromtheRomanticmovement. TheRomanticwritersfocusedonindividuals,trustingyourself,andbelievedthatmankindwasnobleandideal
6、. SouthernGothicgenre,whichcombinessomeGothicsensibilities(suchastheGrotesque)withthesettingandstyleoftheSouthernUnitedStates.ExamplesincludeWilliamFaulkner,EudoraWelty."ARoseforEmily"writtenbyWilliamFaulknerillustratesseveralSouthernGothictraditions. ThesettingofEmily
7、'soldSouthernhomereminiscentoftheSouthpostcivilwarisakeyelementofSouthernGothicliterature.Everythingwaschanging,newtechnologyandmechanizationcametopeople’slife.It’saremarkableforgothicstorieshappen.2.GothicCharacteristicsandtheirsupportsFaulkner’sstoryisnotaclassicalGo
8、thicromancewithmedievalbackgroundbutshiftedtothesettingoflate1800s,theequivalentoftheGothiccastlebeingMissEmily’soldh
