A Rose For Amily 空间生产理论分析.ppt

A Rose For Amily;We are to analyze“Emily’ s house”as a symbol in the short story through the lens of “the production of space”theory put forward by Henri Lefebvre，which suggests that space is a social product，or a complex social construction based on values，and the social production of meanings．;? Introduction;Ⅱ． Paradox of the House: Monument vs． Vacuum; During the period when Emily secludes herself from the outside world，the house has already been reduced to a vacuum，marked by its discontinuity and incompatibility with the natural time order． Emily carries a watch in a pocket and attaches a gold chain to it，which clearly shows her attempt to subject the clock to her own will,but her attempt was self － deceiving and futile． In a sense，Emily has been dead long before her actual death in the biological sense，for she“lives”for the rest of her remaining life in a vacuum in the town without any trace of life Even her Negro servant that neighbors take as the only pulse of life is ironically no more than a representation of numbness， insentience and ultimately death．;Ⅲ． House as a Shelter;Ⅳ． House as a Prison;Ⅳ． House as a Prison;Ⅴ． House as a Hell;Ⅴ． House as a Hell;THANK YOU!