A rose for Emily 写作技巧英文版 武汉大学.pptVIP

William Faulkner WRITING SKILLS 1.Story Structure Part I: Emilys death;She pays no taxes. Part II: The stranges smelling of Emilys house; Emilys father passed away Part III:love with Homer; Emily bought poison Part IV: The Emilys old age;Emilys death Part V: Emilys funeral;People found the corpse（尸体） 2.Figurative language Simile（明喻） Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough. Personification（拟人） But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emilys house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores. suspense（悬念） With so many questions we have to deal with ,we are full of interests and curiosity to read the following text and find the answers. And at the other parts of the text , there are suspenses as well ,e.g. why the house of noble Emily send out bad smell ? Is the arsenic(砒霜) really for mice ？ the use of symbol Emily is the symbol of south traditional civilization and Puritan culture. Homer Barron is the symbol of the capitalist class. chronological disorder(时序倒错) The beginning is in harmony with the end . this disorder makes the plot complicated and confusing(扑朔迷离) , significantly highlight the love of Emil y, intensively criticize the essence of south traditional civilization based on slavery and Puritan culture. unique details after her death “She died in one of the downstairs rooms, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight. ” the last sentence about the death of Homer “we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair(near the body)” The changing of her hair little by little corresponding to the declination of the noble and the civilization of old society. Thank You A Rose for Emily William Faulkner 2.Figurative Language 3.Narrative Techniques 1