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1、WilliamFaulknerⅠ.ABriefIntroductionⅡ.LifeⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleⅣ.Symbol—ARoseForEmilyBornWilliamCuthbertFalkner September25,1897NewAlbany,Mississippi,U.S.DiedJuly6,1962 (aged 64) Byhalia,Mississippi,U.S.Notableaward(s)PulitzerPrizeforFiction (1955,1963)NobelPrizeinLite
2、rature (1949)Spouse(s)EstelleOldhamPeriodAgeofModernismⅠ.ABRIEFINTRODUCTIONTheAgeofModernismTheSouthernRenaissance(InAmericanliterature,theSouthisamysteriousandromanticplace.Lotsofliteraryproductionstookitasthebackground.)InfluenceBackground●TheSouth:Virginia,Carolina,Misso
3、uri,Georgia,Alabama,Arkansas,Kentuckyetc.(alargeterritoryinsoutheastAmerica;sharingsimilargeographicalfeatures,accent,race,climate;similarideologyandculture;differentfromtheindustrialstatesinthenortheastAmerica)●Agriculture:mainsupportofthesoutherneconomy(plantingtobacco,co
4、tton,riceetc.)●Slavery:thedarkestsideoftheSouth●Ownerofthelargeplantations:noblemenintheSouth(imitatingthemannerofnoblemenandknightsinEurope)Influence●IntheCivilWar,thesouthernarmywasdefeated.TheconservativeandproudwhiteintheSouthhadtofacetherealitythoughtheywereattachedtot
5、heirpastglory.Thus,intheAmericansouthernliterature,thestrongtragicsensecanbefound.LiterarysceneintheSouth●18thcentury:onlyhistoricaldocuments●19thcentury:graduallydevelopment;famouswriterssuchasEdgarAllanPoeandMarkTwainInfluence●20thcentury:WilliamFaulkner(mostoutstandingon
6、e);inthebeginningofthe20thcentury,agroupofsouthernwriters,thustheSouthernRenaissance;popularnovelGonewiththeWind;laterAfrican-AmericanwritersⅡ.LIFE--BORNinaSouthernfamilywithfairlylongtradition;hisgreat-grandfather:alegendarycharacterandaleaderofaregimentintheCivilWar;thefa
7、milyhistorywaspartlyusedbyFaulknerinhisnovels--RAISEDinasmalltown,laterwasusedasthebackgroundinhisnovelsnamedYoknapatawphacounty(约克纳帕塔法县)--NOregularschool,readwidely--EAGERtojoinWWI,butthewarwasoverwhenhewasstilltrained--STAYEDinUniversityofMississippionlyoneyearandthentook
8、someoddjobs--WITHthehelpofSherwoodAnderson,hepublishedhisfirstnovel.However,hewasn
