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1、GothicCharacteristicsinARoseforEmilyAbstract:"ARoseforEmily"isafive-partshortstorywrittenbyWilliamFaulkner.ThisessaymakesananalysisoftheGothicelementsin“ARoseforEmily”withsomebackgroundsupports.AGothicromanceis“astoryofterrorandsuspense,usuallysetinagloomyoldcastleormonastery”with“acomparablysi
2、nister,grotesque,orclaustrophobicatmosphere”Keywords:Gothic;rose;love;deathThissemesterwearerecommendedashortfiction“ARoseforEmily”writtenbyWilliamFaulknerwhowasaNobelPrize-winningAmericanauthorandoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury.Hisreputationisbasedonhisnovels,novellasandshortsto
3、ries."ARoseforEmily"isafive-partshortstorynarratedbythetownspeopleofJefferson,Mississippi.Itisastoryofaneccentricspinster,EmilyGrierson.AnunnamednarratordetailsthestrangecircumstancesofEmily’slifeandheroddrelationshipswithherfather,herlover,andthetownofJefferson,andthehorriblesecretshehides.1.A
4、briefintroductiontoGothicromanceinthisfictionAGothicromanceis“astoryofterrorandsuspense,usuallysetinagloomyoldcastleormonastery”with“acomparablysinister,grotesque,orclaustrophobicatmosphere”.TheAmericanGothicmovementsprangfromtheRomanticmovement. TheRomanticwritersfocusedonindividuals,trustingy
5、ourself,andbelievedthatmankindwasnobleandideal. SouthernGothicgenre,whichcombinessomeGothicsensibilities(suchastheGrotesque)withthesettingandstyleoftheSouthernUnitedStates.ExamplesincludeWilliamFaulkner,EudoraWelty."ARoseforEmily"writtenbyWilliamFaulknerillustratesseveralSouthernGothictradition
6、s. ThesettingofEmily'soldSouthernhomereminiscentoftheSouthpostcivilwarisakeyelementofSouthernGothicliterature.Everythingwaschanging,newtechnologyandmechanizationcametopeople’slife.It’saremarkableforgothicstorieshappen.2.GothicCharacteristicsandtheirsupportsFaulkner’sstoryisnotaclassicalGothicro
7、mancewithmedievalbackgroundbutshiftedtothesettingoflate1800s,theequivalentoftheGothiccastlebeingMissEmily’soldhouse,theGothiccharacterresidinginthecastlebeingMissEmily,theintruderandvictimofthecastlebeingHomerBarron.Whenthestoryte
