美国文学简史William-Faulkner1.ppt

The Southern Renaissance The Southern Renaissance is featured in its unique feeling of guilt, failure and poverty as well. Southern Myths 　a. Chevalier heritage(骑士精神的传承) 　b. Agrarian virtue（土地的价值） 　c. Plantation aristocracy （种植园主） 　d. Lost cause （注定要失败的势力） 　e. White supremacy （白人至上） 　f. Purity of womanhood （女人的纯洁） Faulkners most celebrated novels The Sound and the Fury (1929) His Short story collection These 13 (1931), 《这十三篇》includes many of his most acclaimed (and most frequently anthologized) stories, including A Rose for Emily, Red Leaves, That Evening Sun, and Dry September.《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》、《红叶》、《夕阳》和《干燥的九月》 “约克纳帕塔法世系” 这个“世系”以美国南方几个庄园主世家的荣辱兴衰为主线，表现了一个世纪以来美国南方社会的历史命运、社会变迁以及各阶层人物的起伏沉浮，写出了美国南方地区的典型特征，具有浓厚的乡土气息。 Major Themes of his Works 1. history and race He explains the present by examining the past, by telling the stories of several generations of family to show how history changes life. He was interested in the relationship between blacks and whites, especially concerned about the problems of the people who were of the mixed race of black and white, unacceptable to both races. 2. Deterioration 3. Conflicts between generations, classes, races, man and environment 4. Horror, violence and the abnormal Features of His Works 虽然福克纳的世界观从本质上说是传统保守的，他在形式与技巧上的创新都是令人兴奋的。他大胆和不倦地探索，而且在绝大多数的情况下都取得了成功。多样性与丰富性是他的特点。他是一个有独创性的人。在美国文学中能和他比肩的还没有第二个人。 Invention and experimentation in form and narrative technique A man with great might of invention and experimentation. Novel as an art form ; evolved his own literary strategies . Primary duty :explore and represent the infinite possibilities inherent in human life. Writer should observe with no judgment whatsoever and reduce authorial intrusion to the lowest minimum. Narrative techniques Never step between the characters and the reader to explain, but let the characters explain themselves and hinder as little as possible the reader’s direct experience of the work of art. The most characteristic way of structuring his sto