西北师范大学美国文学通史课件 Chapter 15 Colonial Period.ppt

Chapter 15 William Faulkner — The Epitome of the Southern Renaissance William Faulkner 1. Literary Status Giant and modern master of novels Nobel Prize Winner in 1949 2. Life and Career Born in the town of Oxford – the model for his fictional Jefferson, the seat of his fictional Yoknapatawpha county Enthusiasm about WWI and training in Canada Clerk at a small local post office In 1925, in Europe, he saw Joyce 19 novels and 3 volumes of short stories William Faulkner 3. Major Works: Novels Soldiers Pay (1926) (written: 1926/1927 pub: 1983) Mosquitoes (1927) Sartoris/Flags in the Dust (1929/73) The Sound and the Fury (1929) As I Lay Dying (1930) Sanctuary (1931) Light in August (1932) Pylon (1935) Absalom, Absalom! (1937) The Unvanquished (1938) If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (The Wild Palms/Old Man) (1939) The Hamlet (1940) Go Down, Moses (1942). Intruder in the Dust (1948) Requiem for a Nun (1951) A Fable (1954) The Town (1957) The Mansion (1959) The Reivers (1962) William Faulkner’s short stories Landing in Luck (1919) A Rose for Emily (1930) Red Leaves (1930) Dry September (1931) That Evening Sun (1931) Spotted Horses (1931) Fox Hunt (1931) Victory (1931) Uncle Willy (1935) Barn Burning (1939) The Old People (1940) Pantaloon in Black (1940) Tomorrow (1940). Filmed in 1972, starring Robert Duvall. The Tall Men (1941) Two Soldiers (1942) Filmed in 2003. Delta Autumn (1942) The Bear (novella) (1942) A Courtship (1948) Mississippi (1954) Evangeline (1979) Love (1988) Christmas Tree (1995) William Faulkner 4. Subject and thematic Concerns Para. 2, p.238 A. detailed depiction of the Deep South B. the Yoknapatawpha Saga clustered by the stories of some southern aristocratic families: the Compsons, the Sartorises, the Sutpens and the McCaslins C. the doom and defeat in the cursed land D. the spiritual deterioration of modern life stemming from the loss of love and want of emotional response William Faulkner 5. Masterpieces :