最后一场南北战争——论《献给艾米丽的一朵玫瑰花》中的嗅觉叙事

The Last in the Civil War: Research on Olfactory Narrative in A Rose for Emily

威廉·福克纳是位嗅觉大师,擅长用气味叙事。本文将从嗅觉的隐含叙事、时空象征及道德倾向上分析《献给艾米丽的一朵玫瑰花》中的气味,探究不同气味的象征意义和叙事价值,尝试证明叙述者是艾米丽的同谋,谋杀荷默一案事实上是作者塑造的美国最后一场南北战争。福克纳对待旧南方的态度复杂:一方面,他谴责旧南方的陈旧制度和观念;另一方面,他怀念旧南方的种植园制度,难以适应新的观念,恐惧机器对生活的侵蚀。

William Faulkner can be called as a master of smell symbolism and olfactory narrative.Focusing on Faulkner famous short fiction A Rose for Emily,this article intends to discuss olfactory narrative from three perspectives,namely implicit narrative,time and space symbolism and moral orientation.The article claims that the narrator is an accomplice with Emily.The case of murdering Homer Barron symbolizes the last battle of the civil war.Faulkner holds a complicated view towards the old south.On the one hand,he criticizes the corrupt slavery system and the out-dated stereotype of American south.On the other hand,he misses the life under the plantation system and has a great fear of machine's aggression.