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1、ThegothicstyleandsymbolisminARoseforEmily[abstract]williamfaulknerasarepresentativeofamericansouthernliteratureiswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthegreatamericanauthorsofthetwentiethcentury.althoughhisgreatworksarecharacteristicofaparticularregionandtime,thethemesheexploresareuniversal.hi
2、snovelsembodyinganoticeablegothicstyleandsymbolismhavebecomethetopicformanyscholars.inthefollowingpassage,theauthoraimstoanalyzethegothicstyleandsymbolismthatareappliedtowilliamfaulkner’spopularmasterpiece-“aroseforemily”.[keywords]southerncomplexsymbolismgothicstyle1.thegothicstyl
3、einaroseforemilythegothichorrortaleisaliteraryformdatingbackto1764withthefirstnovelidentifiedwiththegenre,horacewalpole’sthecastleofontralto.gothicismfeaturesanatmosphereofterroranddread:gloomycastlesormansions,sinistercharacters,andunexplainedphenomena.gothicnovelsandstoriesalsoof
4、tenincludeunnaturalcombinationsofsexanddeath.(shortstoriesforstudents.detroit:gale,2002.fromliteratureresourcecenter)faulknerhimselfclaimedthat“aroseforemily”isa“ghoststory.”infact,faulknerisconsideredbymanytobetheprogenitorofasub-genre,thesoutherngothic.thesoutherngothicstylecombi
5、nestheelementsofclassicgothicismwithparticularsouthernarchetypes(thereclusivespinster,forexample)andputstheminasouthernmilieu.faulkner’snovelsandstoriesaboutthesouthincludedark,taboosubjectssuchasmurder,suicide,andincest.“aroseforemily”hasbeenreadvariouslyasagothichorrortale,astudy
6、inabnormalpsychology,anallegoryoftherelationsbetweennorthandsouth,ameditationonthenatureoftime,andatragedywithemilyasasortoftragicheroine.”atthebeginningofstory,theauthorhasalreadysetthefoundationofgothicstyle.thestorybeginswithemily’sdeathandherfuneral,thenextparagraphcontinuestom
7、entionemily’seccentricseventiesstylehouseandcedar-bemusedcemetery.allthesearefullofgothicatmosphere.emilyisquicklyestablishedasastrangecharacterwhenaldermenenterherhouseinafutileattempttocollecthertaxes.sheisdescribedas“shelookedbloated,likeabodylongsubmergedinmotionlesswater,andof
8、thatpallidhue.hereyes,lost