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1、Unit2ARoseforEmilyWilliamFaulknerAdditionalBackgroundInformationonWilliamFaulknerWilliamFaulknerwasbornandbroughtupintheAmericanSouthandlivedthereforalmostallhislife.OnNovember14,1888,thelocalnewspaperinJackson,Mississippireportedanewsstory:“Aterribletrag
2、edywasenactedatRipleyonTuesdayafternoonoflastweek—thewidelyandwell-knownCol.W.C.Falknerbeingthevictim.”Col.FalknerhadrunfortheMississippilegislatureandhadbeenelected.Butbeforehetookofficehewasshotdeadbyhisrival.Col.Falknerhadbeenalocalheroandalegendaryfig
3、ure.HewasapioneerinMississippi,organizedaregimenttofightfortheSouthintheCivilWar,practicedlawafterreturningfromthebattlefields,boughtalargeplantation,builtthefirstrailroadinhishometown,andwroteanovel,whichbecameanationalbest-seller.This“widelyandwell-know
4、n”Col.W.C.FalknerwasWilliamFaulkner’sgreat-grandfather.OnSeptember25,1897,Faulknerwasborninthisdistinguishedfamily.HespenthisyouthinOxford,asmalltowninMississippi.AlthoughtheoldcolonelhaddiedbeforeFaulknercameintothisworld,theboygrewuplisteningtoallsortso
5、fstoriesabouthisgreat-grandfatherandotherpeopleinhishometown.ThestoriesthathisNegronannytoldhimandthegossipheheardfromthetownspeoplerestingandchattinginthesmalldowntownsquareprovidedFaulknerwithanoraltraditionofstorytellingasanimportantpartofhiseducation.
6、DuringWorldWarIFaulknerservedintheRoyalCanadianAirForce.Afterthearmisticein1918hereturnedtoOxford,andforsometimeheledhislifeinaratherlistlessway.HeattendedtheUniversityofMississippibutlefttheuniversitywithinayear;hetriedhishandatpoetrybutwithoutmuchsucces
7、s;hewentnorthtotheculturalmetropolitancityofNewYork,butwasdrivenbackhomesoonbyloneliness.Hebecameapostmaster,butafterthreeyearsatmost,heresignedfromthispost.Allthistime,Faulknerhadbeenreading,first,whateverinterestedhim,and,later,thegreatpoetsandnovelists
8、.InNewYork,FaulknermetSherwoodAnderson,afamouswriter,andthenwhenhetraveledtoNewOrleansin1925,hegainedentryintothisartisticcenterthroughAnderson.InspiredbyAnderson,Faulknerbegantowritenovels.Faulknerwrote19novelsandn
