1 a rose for emily-William Faulkner.ppt

William Faulkner His growth:Born in a wealthy family, Mississippi/ the American Deep South/rise and fall/a Faulknerian world/nostalgia(怀旧)/impending doom His creation: family history/prototypes原型/ the town of Oxford(Jefferson)/His great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner(Colonel Sartoris) /Mary Louise Neilson Jack Barrona, Yankee street paver (Emily Homer) His concerns: southern aristocratic贵族的families/American South/human situation/ spiritual deterioration堕落/ loss of love/want of emotional response Prize winner：two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award, and the Nobel Prize for Literature(1950) Plot review Section 1 Emilys funeral as a big event the house and her distinguished著名的family tax incidentthe visit by the deputation代表 Section 2 smell in Emilys house complaints in the neighborhood actions taken to do away death of Emilys father her delayed disposal处理 Section 3 Emilys sickness before dating with Homer barron passionate热情的 love the purchase of arsenic砒霜 Section 4 widespread rumors in the town the absolute reclusive隐居的 life of Emily Section 5 death of Miss Emily with her house violently invaded discovery of the murder her necrophilia(恋尸癖) Close reading Miss Emilys father her appearance and character the women in her town the attitude of her townspeople her house visual violence: Emily vs. townsfolk voice of Miss Emily the narrator Emilys appearance “a fallen monument纪念碑”(p.9) the deputations visit(p.10) Emily in drugstore(p.14) Symbols for the townspeople Alienated被疏远的 body Derogatory terms贬义词: bias偏见/stereotype成见 Emilys house a big, squarish有点方的 frame结构 house/location an eyesore眼中钉 among eyesores the attraction and focus of the town (p.11/16/) the captured被俘虏的 house (p.16/17) What does her house symbolize? Shelter: privacy/home long past/memory dignity尊严 not to be offended冒犯 fortress prison Emilys father a crayon portrait蜡笔肖像画 (p.10) father clutching a horsewhip马鞭(P.12) father vs. young men(p.12) the influence of the father(p