新旧南方的矛盾化身——解读福克纳《献给艾米莉的玫瑰》中的艾米莉

The Symbol of the Old and New Souths:An Interpretation of Emily Crierson in Faulkner's A Rose for Emily

威廉·福克纳的短篇小说《献给艾米莉的玫瑰》中主人公艾米莉.格里尔逊身在新南方,却心恋旧南方;眷恋往昔,却挑战传统;逃避现实,却追寻独立的矛盾性格,文章揭示艾米莉悲剧命运的家庭、社会和历史根源,刻划了处于新旧交替的历史性变革中的美国南方和陷于精神危机中的南方人,从而更好地理解美国南方文学传统和福克纳对其故土爱恨交织的矛盾情感。

The essay mainly focuses on the analysis of the ambivalent personality of Emily Grierson,the protagonist in William Faulkner＇s short story A Rose for Emily.The analysis of Emily＇s love toward her past life in the old South to which she spiritually belongs and her persuit of an independent life in the new South where she physically lives,and the interpretation of her violation of the Southern tradition and her escape from the progressive reality,illustrate the family,social and historical causes of Emily＇s tragic life,and portray a typical picture of the South in transitional period and of the southerners in spiritual crisis.The essay will help to better understand the literary tradition of American South and Faulkner＇s conflicted attitudes toward his native soil.