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1、The Dilemma after Caddy s Running awayReading The Sound and the Fury from Feminist Perspective凯蒂出走后的困境喧嚣与骚动的女性主义解读The Dilemma afterCaddy s Runningway ReadingThe Soundand the Furyfrom eministPerspectivethAbstract: William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists in the 20 cen tury .In many
2、of his works he depicts the decli ne of the aristocratic families in American South, the deterioration of the old traditional values and those people who are distressed in the reality of the modern world. The Sound and the Fury is his first successful work. There are a lot of researches and studies
3、on the novel. In the novel the woman characters play an importa nt role. Caddy Comps on is the core of the whole family. She has a stro ng in flue nee on her three brothers, her family and the society. Caddy s promiscuity foreshadows the downfall of the traditional Southern values. Miss Quentin esca
4、pe indicates that the downfall cannot be avoided.Key words: traditi onal Souther n values; deterioratio n; wome n摘要：福克纳是美国二十世纪最伟大的作家之一，他的许多作品中都反映了南方大家族的 没落、旧传统的解体、以及处在这一进程中的人们的矛盾和痛苦。喧嚣与骚动 是他的代表作，许多学者对该书进行了探讨和研究。本文从女性角度对其进行了剖 析。喧嚣与骚动中的几位女性在文中起了至关重要的作用，而其中的凯蒂康 普生是小说的中心，她对她的三个兄弟，家庭及社会都有深远的影响。凯蒂的堕落 预示着南
5、方的传统观念必将走向灭亡。凯蒂的女儿小昆丁的出走进一步印证了这一 事实。关键词：南方旧传统；末落；女性第#页共12页ContentsI. Introduction 1A. General Introduction to William Faulkner1B. Introduction to The Sound and the Fury 2C. Introduction to Caddys Characters .4II . Women Existence as Caddys Dilemma.6A. Pressure from the Family:.6B. Bondage of the Tra
6、ditional Code.:8皿.Womens Status asCaddy s Dilemma9A. Women Having FewerRights9B. Women sUnfair Treatment10IV . Conclusion11Works Cited13,which thFaulk ner dI. IntroductionA. General Introduction to William FaulknerWilliam Faulk ner was born in to a Southern aristocratic family on September 25,1897,O
7、xford,Mississippi (McHaney 6). Faulkner was named after his great-gra ndfather. The family n ame was actually Falk ner, without the“ uwriter added to his name later. His great-grandfather William C. Falkner, known as the“ Old Colonel ” , was an important figure in the history of northerin Mississipp
8、i. He was widely remembered for his achieveme nts as soldier, la ndow ner, lawyer, bus in essma n, politician, and writer.He was elected to the legislature before being shot by a political rival in 1889. the old colonel was the prototype for Colonel John Sartoris in his great-grandson s writing. Fau
9、lkner only attended two years of high school in Oxford, where he had tried his hand at writing early, but more often focused his attention on various diversions until he dropped out in 1915. Like most writers of his generation, Faulkner was eager to go to the First World War, but he was n ever sent
10、to Europe. He joined the Royal Flyi ng Corps in Can ada he was too short to joi n the U.S Air Forceand was still under training when the war was over.After the war, he returned to Oxford and was admitted to the University of Mississippi. Faulk ner bega n to write for the school papers and magaz in e
11、s, quickly earning a reputation as an eccentric. His strange routines, swanky dressing habits, and in ability to hold dow n a job earned him the nickn ame“ Count Noco unt. ”not complete the freshman year in the University of Mississippi. He supported himself with a variety of odd jobs in New York an
12、d Oxford. He became postmaster of the University of Mississippi in 1921 and resigned three years later. In 1924 his first book of poetry, The Marble Faun, was published, but it was critically panned and had few buyers.Faulk ner en riched his kno wledge by readi ng exte nsively in the ancient classic
13、s, the poems by Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, bega n to teach himself Fren ch, and then leanned the novels of Balzac and the poems of the French Symbolists. In his lifetime Faulkner cultivated a literary friendship with two men, which was of great value to his career. I n his youth Faulk ner
14、 got acqua in ted with Phil Stone, a lawyer widely read in classic literature and modern French and English authors. Stone would serve for many years as a sometimes unwan ted adviser, helpi ng William Faulk ner get his early works published.His family had a great in flue nee on Faulk ner. His gran d
15、mother, who was the prototype for Damuddy in The Sound and the Fury, often told him the stories about the South. His mother was also keen on literature and art. She was the center of the whole family for her film character.1924 saw his first book of poetry, The Marble Fau n. William Faulk ner writes
16、 19long novels and more than 70 short novels, most of which are family series setting in the ficti onal Yok napatawpha Coun ty. These no vels invo Ive tales of several gen erati ons, and the time spa ns from the War of In depe ndence to the two world wars with over six hundred fictional characters. The typical Yoknapatawpha series includ
