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1、GothicCharacteristicsinARoseforEmilyAbstract:"ARoseforEmily"isafive-partshortstorywrittenbyWilliamFaulkner.ThisessaymakesananalysisoftheGothicelementsin“ARoseforEmily”withsomebackgroundsupports.AGothicromanceis“astoryofterrorandsuspense,usuallysetinagloomyoldcastleormona
2、stery”with“acomparablysinister,grotesque,orclaustrophobicatmosphere”Keywords:Gothic;rose;love;deathThissemesterwearerecommendedashortfiction“ARoseforEmily”writtenbyWilliamFaulknerwhowasaNobelPrize-winningAmericanauthorandoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury.His
3、reputationisbasedonhisnovels,novellasandshortstories."ARoseforEmily"isafive-partshortstorynarratedbythetownspeopleofJefferson,Mississippi.Itisastoryofaneccentricspinster,EmilyGrierson.AnunnamednarratordetailsthestrangecircumstancesofEmily’slifeandheroddrelationshipswithh
4、erfather,herlover,andthetownofJefferson,andthehorriblesecretshehides.1.AbriefintroductiontoGothicromanceinthisfictionAGothicromanceis“astoryofterrorandsuspense,usuallysetinagloomyoldcastleormonastery”with“acomparablysinister,grotesque,orclaustrophobicatmosphere”.TheAmeri
5、canGothicmovementsprangfromtheRomanticmovement. TheRomanticwritersfocusedonindividuals,trustingyourself,andbelievedthatmankindwasnobleandideal. SouthernGothicgenre,whichcombinessomeGothicsensibilities(suchastheGrotesque)withthesettingandstyleoftheSouthernUnitedStates.Exa
6、mplesincludeWilliamFaulkner,EudoraWelty."ARoseforEmily"writtenbyWilliamFaulknerillustratesseveralSouthernGothictraditions. ThesettingofEmily'soldSouthernhomereminiscentoftheSouthpostcivilwarisakeyelementofSouthernGothicliterature.Everythingwaschanging,newtechnologyandmec
7、hanizationcametopeople’slife.It’saremarkableforgothicstorieshappen.2.GothicCharacteristicsandtheirsupportsFaulkner’sstoryisnotaclassicalGothicromancewithmedievalbackgroundbutshiftedtothesettingoflate1800s,theequivalentoftheGothiccastlebeingMissEmily’soldhouse,theGothicch
8、aracterresidinginthecastlebeingMissEmily,theintruderandvictimofthecastlebeingHomerBarron.Whenthestoryte
