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1、【标题】威廉?福克纳的南方情结一简析《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》【作者】蒋小群【关键词】艾米丽;南方情结;贵族;落寞;冲突【指导老师】刘敏刘婷婷【专业】英语【正文】I・WilliamFaulkner"sLifeandHisSouthernComplexA・WilliamFaulknersLifeandHisSouthernComplexWi11iamFaulknerisoftenregardedasoneofAmerica,sgreatestnovelistsandshortstorywritersofthe20thcentury,andheisoneofthemostwidelycommente
2、duponamongthecontemporaryAmericanauthors.HewasborninNewAlbany,Mississippi,onSeptember25,1897.Whenhewasfive,hisfami1ymovedtoOxford,Mississippi・Faulkner,sfatherwasmanof1ittlespeechwhilehismotherwasambitious,sensitiveand1iteraryandhadexertedgreatinfluenceonhintAppearingasanaveragestudent,Faulknerquit
3、schoolinthetenthgrade・Althoughhehadbeenlittleformallyeducatedhewasfondofliteratureandhadreadmanywriters・ThishadgreatimpactsonFaulknerwhohimselffinishedmanywritings.Whi1ehimhadnotgainedpubicrecognitionuntil1950.ThiswasagreatsuccessforhismasterpieceTheSoundandTheFurywasawardedfortheNobelPrizeinLiter
4、aturein1949.1AttheoutbreakofWorldWarI,FaulknetattemptedtojointheU.S.AirForce,butwasrejectedbecausehedidnotmeettheheightandweightrequirement.Tn1918heenlistedintheCanadianAirForce.However,thewarendedbeforehecouldseeanybattleaction.WilliamFaulkner"ssoutherncomplexistheemotionallyessentialelementtoARo
5、seforEmily・HewasborninNewAlbanyMississippiofthesouthofAmerica,andwasgrownupinasocietyfullofcomplexitiesandconflicts.IntheCivilWar,thesouthernetsweredefeatedbythenorthernetswhotogreatdegreerepresentedthenorthernnewcapitalism.Moreover,thesocialtradition,traditionalvalueandstandardofthemoralityofthes
6、outh,suchasadvocatingmasters'violence,thinkinghighofthefamilyshonorsaswel1asthecentralityofthemselvesandsoon,especiallyinthearistocraticcircles-Whilefiercelyhitbythenorthernnewidea,thesetraditionswenttocollapsegradual1y.Faulknerwasalocalsoutherner,anoffspringofamanorfamily,whowasinfluencedbythetra
7、ditionalcustoms,moralityandtraditionalvalueofthesouthfromthebeginningtoend.Evenmore,hewasdeeplyacknowledgedandattachedtothesoutherntradition.Sointhenovelhissoutherncomplexisshown,whichexpresseshiscomplexfeelingso