A Study on Southern Gothic Features in A Rose for Emily 英语专业毕业论文.doc

A Study on Southern Gothic Features in A Rose for Emily Abstract Based on the discourses of geopolitics and psychoanalysis, the paper attempts to study southern gothic features in gothic tradition of English and American literature via a southern novel A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner, a Nobel Prize winner in 1949. Analyzed through four aspects of background, characters, plot and theme, aiming to discuss gothic features influenced by the American South social background. Phenomenologically, as a terrifying and weird style, gothic always represents despair and depression. Likewise, southern gothic features are often used to display hopelessness in the southern literature instead of merely creating a thriller with elements such as horror, mystery, supernatural, misfortune and death. Ontologically, it reflects the dying out traditional life in the Old South at that time as well as reveals that folks lived in the South are at sea towards future. However, as the matter of fact, the purpose of gothic style in William Faulkners A Rose for Emily is encouraging the white natives, yeomen, the declining planters, especially the black slaves, to conquer the physical fear and overcome the postbellum difficulties in a critical tone. It also helps to enhance appreciation values in this representative fiction among the southern literature by means of this study. Key words: Emily; Rose; the American South; Gothic features; Macabre 摘要 本文在地缘政治学和心理分析学的基础上，通过1949年的诺贝尔得主威廉?福克纳的南方作品《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》来研究英美文学作品中富有南方色彩的哥特特色。本文通过社会背景、人物塑造、故事情节和主题思想四个方面分析，目的在于研究哥特小说特色在美国南方社会背景影响下的表现。表面上，哥特式作为一种恐怖奇怪的表现方式，总是展现出沮丧和绝望的画面。南方作品的哥特特色表现也正是如此，常展现无望的情绪，而不仅仅是一部带有惊悚，神秘，超自然，厄运和死亡元素的恐怖小说。实质上，它影射了当时日渐消失的南方传统生活，并在一定程度上揭示南方人民对未来的发展充满了矛盾。然而，实际上，在《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》中，福克纳也通过运用哥特风格并以批判的语调来鼓励贫穷的白人，自耕农，没落的种植园主，尤其是那些黑人奴隶，要对抗心理恐惧和克服战后困难。研究南方哥特特色也有助于提高这部南方代表作品的欣赏价值。 关键词：艾米丽；玫瑰；南方社会；哥特式特征；死亡 Contents Ⅰ、Introduction 1 Ⅱ、Background information 1 1.1 William Faulkner and his A Rose for Emily 1 1.2 Analyses of southe