道义与血统的较量——解读福克纳《烧马棚》中的沙多里斯·斯诺普斯

The Conflict between Justice and Blood——An Interpretation of Sartoris Snopes in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning

威廉·福克纳的作品《烧马棚》是一个非常出色的短篇故事。它讲述的是一个十岁的孩子在面对父亲用暴力解决一切矛盾的处事原则时所做出的抉择。本文在细读文本的基础上,通过分析故事中主要人物父亲阿伯纳与儿子沙多里斯在道德观念上的冲突与矛盾,运用弗洛伊德的心理分析的批评理论解读《烧马棚》中的主要人物沙多里斯.斯诺普斯——一个十岁的孩子成长的心路历程。

William Faulkner’s Barn Burning is one of the best short stories.The story concentrates on the choice of a ten-year old boy who struggles in the inner conflict between the nature of justice and the pressure from his father who intends to solve all the problems through violence.This article analyzes the conflict and contradiction between the father and the son and probes into Sartoris Snopes’ spiritual transition from innocence to maturity with Freud’s psychoanalysis theory.