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1、ThegothicstyleandsymbolisminARoseforEmily[Abstract]WilliamFaulknerasarepresentativeofAmericansouthernliteratureiswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthegreatAmericanauthorsofthetwentiethcentury.althoughhisgreatworksarecharacteristicofaparticularregionandtime,thethemesheexploresareuniversal.h
2、isnovelsembodyinganoticeablegothicstyleandsymbolismhavebecomethetopicformanyscholars.inthefollowingpassage,theauthoraimstoanalyzethegothicstyleandsymbolismthatareappliedtoWilliamFaulkner’spopularmasterpiece-“aroseforEmily”.[Keywords]southerncomplexsymbolismgothicstyle1.thegothicst
3、yleinaroseforEmilythegothichorrortaleisaliteraryformdatingbackto1764withthefirstnovelidentifiedwiththegenre,HoraceWalpole’sthecastleofcontralto.Gothicismfeaturesanatmosphereofterroranddread:gloomycastlesormansions,sinistercharacters,andunexplainedphenomena.gothicnovelsandstoriesal
4、sooftenincludeunnaturalcombinationsofsexanddeath.(shortstoriesforstudents.detroit:gale,2002.fromliteratureresourcecenter)Faulknerhimselfclaimedthat“aroseforEmily”isa“ghoststory.”infact,Faulknerisconsideredbymanytobetheprogenitorofasub-genre,thesoutherngothic.thesoutherngothicstyle
5、combinestheelementsofclassicGothicismwithparticularsouthernarchetypes(thereclusivespinster,forexample)andputstheminasouthernmilieu.faulkner’snovelsandstoriesaboutthesouthincludedark,taboosubjectssuchasmurder,suicide,andincest.“aroseforEmily”hasbeenreadvariouslyasagothichorrortale,
6、astudyinabnormalpsychology,anallegoryoftherelationsbetweennorthandsouth,ameditationonthenatureoftime,andatragedywithEmilyasasortoftragicheroine.”atthebeginningofstory,theauthorhasalreadysetthefoundationofgothicstyle.thestorybeginswithEmily’sdeathandherfuneral,thenextparagraphconti
7、nuestomentionEmily’seccentricseventiesstylehouseandcedar-bemusedcemetery.allthesearefullofgothicatmosphere.Emilyisquicklyestablishedasastrangecharacterwhenaldermenenterherhouseinafutileattempttocollecthertaxes.sheisdescribedas“shelookedbloated,likeabodylongsubmergedinmotionlesswat
8、er,andofthatpallidhue.hereyes,los
