从《八月之光》看南方人的善与恶

On American Southerners’Goodness and Wickedness from the Novel Light in August

畸形、变态的心理状态是福克纳笔下的南方人普遍拥有的心理特征。在历史变革的转折点,他们身处现代社会却不接受现实,茫然、寂寞找不到出路。然而,南方人身上所存在的优良品质为他们找到了光明的出口。该文以《八月之光》为文本,分析小说中体现出的南方人所普遍存在的心理特征,并由此探讨作者的写作意图。

At the turning point of historical development,deformed and morbid psychological situation is the common mental feature that Faulkner's Southerners have.They live in the modern Society but cannot accept the reality.Absent-minded and iso lated,they cannot find their way out.Fortunately,good characters of the Southerners'help guide their way to the future.The ar ticle analyzes the common psychological features of the Southerners'in the novel Light in August with the aim of exploring Faulkner's writing attention.