William Faulkner

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1、WilliamFaulkner(1897-1962)SouthLiterature(theliteratureoftheAmericanSouth)1.SouthernCharacterA.Importanceoftraditionandfamilytie.B.AfocusonacommonSouthernhistory.C.Religion(Christianity)andtheburdens/rewardsreligionoftenbrings.D.Fondnessforrhetoric.(ora

2、tory)E.Issuesofracialtension.F.TheuseoftheSoutherndialect.2.SouthernMythsA.ChevalierheritageB.AgrarianvirtueC.PlantationaristocracyD.Lostcause(theSouthlosttheCivilWarandsufferedthroughReconstruction.idealizedthedefeatedSouthanditslostculture.)E.Whitesup

3、remacyF.PurityofSouthernWomanAbouttheauthor1.Life2.LiteraryCareer:Sartoris:firstnovelsetinYoknapatawphacountyTheSoundandtheFury:thedeclineofaSouthernaristocraticfamily—theCompsonsAsILayDying:YoknapatawphacountySanctuary:anovelwiththemostviolentplotLight

4、inAugustAbsalom,Absalom!TheSnopesTrilogy:TheHamlet,TheTownandTheMansionGoDown,MosesTheseThirteen3.Subjectmatterandthematicconcernssubjectmatter:classandclan(氏族,宗族)thematicconcern:humanheartinconflictwithitself4.Stylisticcharacteristicsandnarrativeinnova

5、tionsNoauthorialcommentsStreamofconsciousnessandinteriormonologueDislocationofthenarrativetimeMultiplenarrativeInteriormonologueJuxtaposition(并置,并列)ofploticlinesSymbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.[noauthorialcomments]:thedutyofawriteristoexplo

6、reandrepresenttheinfinitepossibilitiesinhumanlife.Soheshouldobserveandwritewithnojudgment.Hewouldneverstepbetweenthecharactersandthereaderstoexplain,butletthecharactersexplainthemselves.[non-linearnarration]:hestructuredhisstorybyfragmentingthechronolog

7、icaltime,byjuxtaposingthepastwiththepresent,amethodsimilarwithmontageinamovie.[streamofconsciousness]:itwasusedtoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.[interiormonologue]:itwasusedtoexplorethenatureofhumanconsciousness.[multi-pointsofview]:i

8、tgivesthestoryacircularform,whereinoneeventiscentered,withvariouspointsofviewradiatingfromit,ordifferentpeoplerespondingtothesamestory.[otherskills]:symbolism;mythologicalandbiblicalallusions.BarnBurningAnanalysisoftheplotBarnBur