William Faulkner ppt.ppt

William FaulknerSept25,1897July6,1962 Childhood BorninNewAlbany,Mississippiin1897.MovedtoOxford,Mississippi(prototype（原型）ofYoknapatawpha约克纳帕塔法郡,thesettingofmostofhisworks)attheageof5. Hegrewupastheeldestsonoffourbrothers. Hehopedtoaspiretobelikehisgreat-grandfather,awriteraswell. “约克纳帕塔法世系”威廉福克纳一生共写了19部长篇小说与近百篇短篇小说，其中15部长篇与绝大多数短篇的故事都发生在约克纳帕塔法县，称为约克纳帕塔法世系这个“世系”以美国南方几个庄园主世家的荣辱兴衰为主线，表现了一个世纪以来美国南方社会的历史命运、社会变迁以及各阶层人物的起伏沉浮，写出了美国南方地区的典型特征，具有浓厚的乡土气息约克纳帕塔法是福克纳作品的标志，是文学史上有名的虚构地点之一，原型是他故乡所在的拉斐特郡（Lafayette）。

As a Young Man 1919,universityofMississippi,afterthreesemestershedroppedout. Hehadalwaysdreamedofbecomingapilotinthearmyhoweverwasdeclinedbecauseofhisheight.(55”) HelaterbecameamemberoftheRoyalCanadianAirForce. HeremainedinthisCanadianAirForcethroughWorldWarIbutneversawflyingtimeincombat.Adulthood FortwentyyearsheworkedinHollywoodwritingseveralscreenplayslikeTodayWeLive(1933)andLandofthePharaos(1955)andproducingmanynovelsandshortstories. HelaterworkedinHollywoodwithHowardHawks,amoviedirectorwhobecameafriendofhim.FaulknerinHollywood:1930sIntheuniversityofVirginiacampusThe End of His Life FaulknerdiedJuly6th,1962aftersufferingfromacoronaryocclusion(心肌梗塞) UptohisdeathheworkedasaWriter-In-ResidenceattheUniversityofVirginiain1957. TheUnitedStatesPostalServiceissuedafirst-class22-centstampcommemoratinghislifeandstintasapostmaster. Major Works:vOxford,poems-prosev1924TheMirbleFaun云石牧神v1925,firstnovelSoldiersPay军饷vTheSoundandtheFury喧嚣与骚动v1930AsIlayDying我弥留之际v1931Sanctuary圣殿v1932LightinAugust八月之光v1936Absalom,Absalom!押沙龙！押沙龙！v1942GoDown,Moses去吧，摩西v1948: IntruderintheDust坟墓的闯入者 v1946:ThePortableFaulkner袖珍本福克纳选集vARoseforEmily献给艾米丽的玫瑰vTrilogyoftheSnopesfamilyTheHamlet(1940)村子TheTown(1957)小镇TheMansion(1959)大宅vShortStorycollection:TheUnvanquished没有被征服的人(1938)Awards OneofthreefinalistsforthefirstElleryQueenMysteryMagazineAward(1946). NobelPrizeWinner(1949) PulitzerWinnertwice: AFable(1955) TheReivers(1963)4.NationalBookAwardstwice: CollectedStories(1951) AFable(1955)5.O.HenryShortStoryPrize.WilliamFaulknerwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1949. Themes: 1Historyandrace Heexplainsthepresentbyexaminingthepast,bytellingthestoriesofseveralgenerationsoffamilytoshowhowhistorychangeslife.Hewasinterestedintherelationshipbetweenblacksandwhites,especiallyconcernedabouttheproblemsofthepeoplewhowereofthemixedraceofblackandwhite,unacceptabletobothraces. 2Deterioration(堕落） 3Conflictsbetweengenerations,classes,races,manandenvironment 4Horror,violenceandtheabnormalFeatures of His Works plexplot b.streamofconsciousness c.characterization:hewasabletoprobeintothepsychologyofcharacters d.violationofchronology（年表，年代学） e.courtroomrhetoric:formallanguage f.multiplenarrationsandtimeshiftswithinnarrative.,circularform g.longandembeddedsentences,fullofinterruptions，complexsyntax（most noticeable feature ） h. “Anti-hero”:weak,vulnerable（有弱点的）(truepeopleinmodernsociety)Fame: anAmericannovelistandpoetwhoseworksfeaturehisnativestateofMississippi regardedasoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthetwentiethcentury oneoftheleadingAmericanwritersintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates. arepresentativeofthewritersusingstreamofconsciousness“BarnBurning” ashortstorybytheAmericanauthorWilliamFaulknerwhichfirstappearedinHarpersin1939andhassincebeenwidelyanthologized.ThestorydealsThestorydealswithclassconflicts,theinfluenceoffathers,andvengeanceasviewedthroughthethird-personperspectiveofayoung,impressionablechild. Setting:YoknapatawphaCounty,Mississippi,about30yearsaftertheCivilWar(1861-65),thus,inthe1890s. Characters: Colonel Sartoris Snopes (“Sarty”) - protagonist （主角） Abner Snopes patriarch（家长） of the Snopes family, Antagonist Lennie Snopes wife of Abner and mother of Sarty Lizzie unmarried sister of Lennie Snopes Major de Spain - Snopess employerPlotsummary: AbnerSnopes,thefatherofyoung“Sarty”Snopes,isbeingdrivenoutoftownafterburningdownhislandlordsbarn.InthecourtcasethatopensthestoryandinwhichSartyisinitiallycalledtotestify,nopalpableproofcanpointtoAbnerastheculprit（罪犯）,buttheSnopesfamilyisorderedtoleavethecountry.TheymovetoanewplacewhereAbneristoworkasasharecropper（佃农）forMajordeSpain,butAbnercannotseemtocontrolhispyromania（纵火癖）andhatredforsociety. . Shortlyafterarrivingathisnewposition,AbnervisitsMajordeSpainshouseandtrackshorsedroppingsonablondrug.MajordeSpainordersAbnertocleantherug,whichhedoesbyusingaharshlyesoap,ruiningtherugbeyondrepair,beforethrowingtherugontoMajordeSpainsfrontporch.MajordeSpainlevieson（征税，扣押）Abnerafineof20bushels（英斗）ofcornagainstthepriceoftherug.Atcourt,aJusticeofthePeacereducesthefinetotenbushelsofcorn.Feelingonceagainwronged,AbnermakespreparationstosetfiretoMajordeSpainsbarn. SartywarnsMajordeSpainofhisfathersintentionstoburndownhisbarnandthenfleesinthedirectionofhisfather.HeissoonovertakenbyMajordeSpainonhishorseandjumpsintotheditchtogetoutoftheway.Sartyhearstwogunshots,butwhogetsshotisneverrevealed;thefatherandthebrotherappearinworkssetafterBarnBurning.Profoundlyaffectedbyhisfatherslegacy,theboydoesnotreturntohisfamilybutcontinuesonwithhislifealone.。