The Triangle Narrative Structure based on the Classical Narratology in A Rose for Emily 《论献给艾米莉的玫瑰三角叙事结构》

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1、TheTriangleNarrativeStructurebasedontheClassicalNarratologyinARoseforEmilyChapterOneStoryTimeandNarrativeTimeGenetteGerard’sNarrativeDiscourse[8]:storytimeisthetimeofthethingthatisthetimewheneventsreallyhappened.Narrativetimeisthetimeofnarrative;itisthetimeth

2、enarratortells.Unchronicnarrativeisthevarioustypesofdiscordancebetweenthetwoorderingsofstorytimeandnarrativetime.Asisknowntoall,AroseforEmilyischaracterizedforitsdiscordancebetweenstorytimeandnarrativetime,whichleadstotimeinversion.Itisanautobiographyoftheari

3、stocratMissEmilyandtellsthereaderssomemaineventsthataffecttheprotagonistverymuchevenchangedherlife.Thischapterfocusesmainlyonthestorytime,narrativetime,andtimeinversioninthestory.1.1StoryTimeinARoseforEmilyNumerousattemptsaremadebyscholarstosetuptheprecisechr

4、onologicaleventsinthestory.[9]OnereasonofmakingsuchhardworkisduetoWilliamFaulkner’sskillfulnarrativetechniques,theunchronologicaltimeinnarration.Fergusononcesaidthat,innoneofFaulknershortstoriesistimehandledinamorecomplexwaythanthatinAroseforEmily,[10]Faulkne

5、rdeliberatelydestroyschronologicaltimeinthisstory.However,itisofgreatsignificancetomakeoutthelinerorderinnarrationofthestory.WithacarefulexaminationofChronologicalhintsinthetext,apossibletimetableofsomemajoreventsofEmilycanbemadeasbelow:MajorEventsinEmilyGrie

6、rson’sLifeinStoryTimeTimeMajorEvents1857Emilyisborn.1887Emilyisthirtyyearsoldbutstillsingle.211888Emily’sfatherdiesaroundthistime.1889HumorBarronarrivesinthesummer,andbegintodatewithEmily.1890BaptistMinisterinterviewswithEmily.Emily’scousinsvisitandstophermar

7、riagewithH.B.1890Emilybuysratpoison.1890H.BvisitsEmilyandisnotseenagain.1890NeighborssprinklelimetoeliminatethesmellfromEmily’shouse1894ColonelSartorisremitEmily’staxes.1897Emilygiveslessonsinchina-painting.1920AdeputationvisitsMissEmilyandforceshertopaytaxes

8、.1931Emilydiesattheageof74.1931TownspeoplevisitEmily’shouseanddisclosehercrime.Table1.1Thestorywaspublishedin1931,andinpartfour,“uptothedayofherdeathatseventy-fouritwasstillthatvigorousir