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1、William FaulknerSept25,1897July6,1962 ChildhoodBorninNewAlbany,Mississippiin1897.MovedtoOxford,Mississippi(prototype（原型）（原型）ofYoknapatawpha约克纳帕塔法郡约克纳帕塔法郡,thesettingofmostofhisworks)attheageof5.Hegrewupastheeldestsonoffourbrothers.Hehopedtoaspiretobelikehisgreat-grandfather,awriteraswell. As a Young
2、Man1919,universityofMississippi,afterthreesemestershedroppedout.Hehadalwaysdreamedofbecomingapilotinthearmyhoweverwasdeclinedbecauseofhisheight.(55”)HelaterbecameamemberoftheRoyalCanadianAirForce.HeremainedinthisCanadianAirForcethroughWorldWarIbutneversawflyingtimeincombat.AdulthoodFortwentyyearshew
3、orkedinHollywoodwritingseveralscreenplayslikeTodayWeLive(1933)andLandofthePharaos(1955)andproducingmanynovelsandshortstories.HelaterworkedinHollywoodwithHowardHawks,amoviedirectorwhobecameafriendofhim.FaulknerinHollywood:1930sIntheuniversityofVirginiacampusThe End of His LifeFaulknerdiedJuly6th,1962
4、aftersufferingfromacoronaryocclusion(心肌梗塞心肌梗塞)UptohisdeathheworkedasaWriter-In-ResidenceattheUniversityofVirginiain1957.TheUnitedStatesPostalServiceissuedafirst-class22-centstampcommemoratinghislifeandstintasapostmaster. Major Works:vOxford,poems-prosev1924TheMirbleFaun云石牧神云石牧神v1925,firstnovelSoldie
5、rsPay军饷军饷vTheSoundandtheFury喧嚣与骚动喧嚣与骚动v1930AsIlayDying我弥留之际我弥留之际v1931Sanctuary圣殿圣殿v1932LightinAugust八月之光八月之光v1936Absalom,Absalom!押沙龙！押沙龙！押沙龙！押沙龙！v1942GoDown,Moses去吧，摩西去吧，摩西v1948: IntruderintheDust坟墓的闯入者坟墓的闯入者 v1946:ThePortableFaulkner袖珍本福克纳选袖珍本福克纳选集集vARoseforEmily献给艾米丽的玫瑰献给艾米丽的玫瑰vTrilogyoftheSnopesf
6、amilyTheHamlet(1940)村子村子TheTown(1957)小镇小镇TheMansion(1959)大宅大宅vShortStorycollection:TheUnvanquished没有被征服的人没有被征服的人(1938)Awards1.OneofthreefinalistsforthefirstElleryQueenMysteryMagazineAward(1946).2.NobelPrizeWinner(1949)3.PulitzerWinnertwice:AFable(1955)TheReivers(1963)4.NationalBookAwardstwice:Collec
7、tedStories(1951)AFable(1955)5.O.HenryShortStoryPrize.WilliamFaulknerwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1949.Themes:1HistoryandraceHeexplainsthepresentbyexaminingthepast,bytellingthestoriesofseveralgenerationsoffamilytoshowhowhistorychangeslife.Hewasinterestedintherelationshipbetweenblacksandwhites,especi
8、allyconcernedabouttheproblemsofthepeoplewhowereofthemixedraceofblackandwhite,unacceptabletobothraces.2Deterioration(堕落）堕落）3Conflictsbetweengenerations,classes,races,manandenvironment4Horror,violenceandtheabnormalFeatures of His Wplexplotb.streamofconsciousnessc.characterization:hewasabletoprobeintot
9、hepsychologyofcharactersd.violationofchronology（年表，年（年表，年代学）代学）e.courtroomrhetoric:formallanguagef.multiplenarrationsandtimeshiftswithinnarrative.,circularformg.longandembeddedsentences,fullofinterruptions，complexsyntax（most noticeable feature ）h. “Anti-hero”:weak,vulnerable（有弱点的）(truepeopleinmodern
10、society)Fame:anAmericannovelistandpoetwhoseworksfeaturehisnativestateofMississippiregardedasoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthetwentiethcenturyoneoftheleadingAmericanwritersintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.arepresentativeofthewritersusingstreamofconsciousnessThe Sound and the FuryMajor themes:
11、1. The spiritual deterioration which characterizes modern life stems from the loss of love and want of emotional response. 2. The story also tells a story of deterioration from the past to the present and the author idealizes the past. Style and Techniques (243-245)A. Characterization:authorialtrans
12、cendence The author tries to withdraw from making conclusion and judgment, letting the characters explain themselves and hindering as little as possible the readers direct experience of the work of art. B. A fallible narrator: stream of consciousness & interior monologue Telling a story by recording
13、 the thought of one character, describing the mental and emotional reactions of characters to external events, rather than the events themselves, without regard to logical argument or narrative sequenceC. Multiple narrators: multiple points of view showing within the same story different reactions t
14、o the same person or the same situation, giving the story a circular form rather than a linear structureD. Disruption of time sequenceE. Open-endednessStyle: Words are often run together, with no capitalization and no proper punctuation Variety of language usage: ranging from colloquial, regional dialects to highly charged courtroom rhetoric, covering a variety of “registers” of the English language. TheEndThankyou!
