《献给艾米丽的玫瑰花》中的哥特情结
毕业论文关键词：福克纳;哥特情结;叙事方式;主题
Abstract
William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily is regarded as a representative work of gothic novel of America. The story tells Miss Emily’s tragic life and it is full of suspense. Gothic characteristics are largely used in this novel, which impresses the readers a lot. This thesis discusses the gothic characteristics in A Rose for Emily from four aspects of the description of the environment, the theme, the narrative way and the characters. The significance of this thesis is to let readers have a better understanding of the novel and the complicated feeling of the writer. Besides, this thesis can give readers some new enlightenment and thinking of gothic complex in literature.
Key words: Faulkner; gothic complex; the narrative way; theme
The Gothic Complex in A Rose for Emily
《献给艾米丽的玫瑰花》中的哥特情结
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
I. Introduction 1
II. The Development of Gothic Fiction in American Literature. 2
2.1 The Definition of Gothic Fiction 2
2.2 Gothic Fiction in America 3
III. The Gothic characteristics in A Rose for Emily 4
3.1The Gothic Characteristics in the Description of the Environment of A Rose for Emily 5
3.2The Gothic Characteristics in the Theme of A Rose for Emily 5
3.2.1 The Death Theme of A Rose for Emily 6
3.2.2 The conflict theme in A Rose for Emily. 7
3.3 The Gothic Characteristics in the Narrative Way of A Rose for Emily 7
IV. The Gothic complex in the characters of A Rose for Emily 9
4.1 The Character of Emily 9
4.2 The Character of Emily’s Father 10
4.3 The Character of Homer Baron 11
4.4 The Character of the Negro Toby 11
V. Conclusion 12
Bibliography 12
Acknowledgements 15
William Faulkner (1897-1962), is a major figure of contemporary American literature. More than simply a renowned Mississippi writer, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist and story writer, he is acclaimed throughout the world as one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers, one who transformed his “postage stamp” of native soil into apocryphal setting in which he explored, articulated and challenged “the old verities and truths of heart”. Faulkner accomplished in a little over a decade more artistically than most writers accomplish over a lifetime of writing. He wrote 19 long novels and more than 100 short stories in his life. The setting of 15 novels and the majority of the short fiction is the American South. His major works include The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932), and Absalom, Absalom! (1936). As far as writing techniques are concerned, Faulkner is among the greatest experimentalists of the 20th century novel. His effective use of the stream of consciousness, multiple points of view, symbolism and imagery place him among the rank of the greatest modern writers along with James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. He was famous for his long novel named The Sound and the Fury, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Faulkner received the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.
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