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浅析《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》的叙事结构 2008年l1月 第14卷第6 内蒙古民族大学Nov.2008 V01.14No.6OU~lalofInnerMongoliaUniversityforNationalities ABriefAnalysisontheCultivation 0fARoseforEmily ZHAOJing,CHENYa—min (InnerMongoliaUniversityforNationalitiesForeignLanguageCollege,Tongliao028043,China) W.IIi锄Faulkner’sARoseforEmilyis81-1absorbingmys— terystorywhosechillingendingcontainsgruesomesurprise. Whenwediscover,alongwiththenarratorandtownspeople. whatwasleftofHomer’sbody,wemaybesurprisingornot, dependinguponhowcarefullywehavebeenreadingthestory andkeepingtrackofdetailssuchasEmilyGfierson’spurchase ofratpoisonandHomer’sdisappearance.Probablymostreaders anticipatefindingHomer’sIxxtyattheendofthestory,because Faulknercarefullypreparesthegroundworkfordiscoveryasthe townspeopleforcetheirwayintothatmysteriousupstairsroom wherea”thin,acridpallasofthetombseemedtolieevery— where”(53).Butveryfewreaders,ifany,arepreparedforthe story’sfinalparagraph,whenwerealizethatthestrandof’’iron — grayhair”onthesecondpillowindicatestheEmilyhasslept withHomersinceshemurderedhim.Thislastparagraphpro— ducestherealhorrorinthestowandanextraordinaryrevelation aboutEmily’scharacter. Thefinalparagraphseelnsliketherightplacetobegina discussionofthisstorybecausethesurpriseendingnotonlycre— aresapowerfulemotionaleffectonusbutalsoraisesanimpor— rantquestionahoutwhatwearetothinkofEmily.Isthisisolat— ed,eccentricwomansimplemad?Allthecircumstantialevi. denceindicatesthatsheisamurdererandnecrophilia,andyet Faulknertitlesthestory’’ARoseforEmily”,asifsheisdue somekindoftribute.Thetitlesomehowqualifiesthegapof horrorthatthestowleadsuptointhefinalparagraph.Why wouldmwoneofferthiswomana”r0se”?What’sbehindtheti— tie? Faulknerwasoncedirectlyaskedthemeaningofthetitle andreplied: It’ssimplythepoorwomanhadhadnolifeatal1.Herfa— therhadkepthermoreorlesslockedupandthenshehada loverwhowasabouttoquither,shehadtomurderhim.Itwas just”ARoseforEmily”一that’sal1.(GwyunandBlotner87 —— 88) sreplyexplainssomeofEmily’smotivationformurder— ingHomerbutitdoesn’tactuall