A Tentative Analysis on Intrinsic Factor of Quentin’s Death in The Sound and the Fury 英语专业(毕业论文).docVIP

PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 A Tentative Analysis on Intrinsic Factor of Quentin’s Death in The Sound and the Fury Ⅰ. Introduction Actually, the author knows a little about William Faulkner before entering college. The author gets more interested in his fictions after having learned the American Literature. The first book she borrowed from the library is Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury . And because it is the first book of Faulkner’s that she reads and with its special writing style, the book gives a good impression on her though it is difficult to understand at the very beginning. She reads the Chinese translation firstly and then reads this fiction in the original. Also, she surfs on the internet about the information about William Faulkner and his writing style. All of this is great helpful to her writing. So the author chooses this topic which she is interested in. Quentin’s death in The Sound and the Fury is discussed by many people. They analyze his death on the aspect of social factor, that is to say, external factor. However, in this thesis, the author analyzes his death on the aspect of intrinsic factor, that is to say, internal factor, to dig out loss, confusion, as well as powerlessness of his inner world. William Faulkner (1897--1962), one of the most significant writers in the twentieth century in American literary scene, even literary scene around the world, was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He had special feelings for the American South, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. William Faulkner especially was interested in multi-generational family chronicles. The Sound and the Fury, his acclaimed masterpiece, was published in 1929. Faulkner’s fictions convey a strong sense of fragmentation in social community and within the individual himself due to the loss of love and lack of emotional response. His novels are closely related to the South decay. He feels that the destruction of the Old South leads to the corruption and disorder i