摘要
美国南方作家福克纳对南方故土一直怀有一种爱恨交织、既分难舍的南方情结,他的短篇小说《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》形象地再现了他对南方的这种复杂感情。本文拟从《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》中玫瑰标题的寓意、爱米丽小姐的庄园及其周边环境描写的象征意义和爱米丽小姐的爱情悲剧根源这三个方面来透视福克纳这份难以割舍的南方情结。
American southern writer Faulkner cherishes an uncuttable southern complex interwoven with both hatred and love to his hometown, the American south, which can be reflected through his short novel A Rose for Emily. This paper is to probe into his southern complex from the following aspects, i.e. the symbol of the rose, the house and its surroundings as well as the source of Emily’s tragedy of love.
