Contradictions between Faulkner Antiracialism Position and Creating of Black Characters.docx
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[Abstract]
WilliamFaulknerisknownasthemostrepresentativeSouthernwriterinthe20thcentury.ConcerningwithFaulkner'blackcharacters,hisanti-racialismpositionpresentsdirectly,whiletakingaconsiderationforhisfamilybackgroundandtraditionalinfluenceintheSouth,Faulknerisnotacompletecivilfighter.Heagreestogivetheequalityandfreedomtoblacksintheconditionofimprovingthemselvesandkeepingsocialstable.
KeyWords:
Faulkner,blackcharacters,racialism,traditionalculture.
[Introduction]
WilliamFaulknerisdeemedthemostsuccessfulwriterinthe20thcenturybecauseofhisimaginativepower.NootherAmericanwritershavebroughttolifesuchanabundanceandvarietyofcharacters-bothprotagonistswithdepth,intensityandroundnessandaunforgettablecastthatgethimwintheNobelLiteraturePrizein1955andworld-wideacceptance.FaulknerisadescendantofagreatmanorintheOldSouth,andheissoproudofhisfamily,whichbringssharpconflictsinhismindthatcombineswiththeloveasanativetotheSouthandthehatredasanintellectualtotheslavery.MyessaywilltrytoexplainthesecontradictionsofFaulknerinhiswritingforblackcharactersbymeansofanalysinghisanti-racialismpositionandtraditionalinfluenceforhim.
[Body]
Part1TheBackgroundofTransitionalPeriodintheSouth.
Faulknerlivesinastagecalled"theRenaissanceofthesouth",whichspringsupalargenumberofexcellentpoets,writers,literatiandcritics.Thiskindofflourishingisnotthehistoricaccidental,butinevitablyholdsaprofoundrootinsocial,cultural,andliteraryterms.
Tracingbacktothehumanhistory,itnaturallyfindsthatthemostsplendidcultureandliterarybloomingalmostappearinthecrossingofhistory,thatisthetransitionalperiodofsufferingdeeprevolutioninsociety.Forinstance,Chinainpre-qindynasty,ItalyintheRenaissance,BritaininElizabethperiodetc.
AmericansouthofFaulknerperiodisundergoingwhatissocalled"thecrossingofhistory".ThesouthhasnottotallygotinvolvedintothehistoricalprocessofswiftdevelopmentinpostwarAmericathoughtheslaveryhadbeenabolishedintheCivilwaruntilthecapitalismandthevalueofthenorthfirmlystriketheconservativeSouthintheearlyyearsof20thcentury.Themodernismofthesouth,filledwithdrasticconfrontationsbetweenthenewforceandtheoldone,startsfromthenon.Objectivelyspeaking,theconfrontationpartlyenabletheRenaissanceofthesouthtoflourish.However,therepresentativesofthesouthRenaissancecannotbesimplydividedintotheneworoldside.Basicallyspeaking,theyareconservationistsortraditionalists,feelbitteraboutthecollapseoftraditionallivingstyleandvaluesinthesouth.Buttheyhavebeeninfluencedbythenewthinking,andclearlyunderstoodtheexistingofsevereproblemsinthesouth,andthenexposethemwithoutmercy.Itisafactthattherepresentativesdonotcriticizetheoldtraditionbystandingatthecapitalismside.Onthecontrary,theyeagertorebuildthetraditionallivingstylesandvaluesinordertoresisttheinvasionofcapitalism,thatiswhytheyexposeandcriticizetheproblemsofthesouthsharply.Becausetheyhavetofightbilaterally,theyarealwaysfallingintoadeep-goingpainandcontradiction.Amongthem,WilliamFaulknerisoneofthemosttypicalcharacter.
Part2Faukner'sCritiquetoRacialism.
ItisunabletoseparatetheattentiononracialissuesandattitudestowardblacksfromSouthLiterature.AmongthosewhitewriterswhoarelivingintheSouth,Faulkneristheonewhoconcentratessomucheffortsonthinkingofracialissuesandcreatingblackgroup,andthereforetheprofoundcontradictioninhismindpresentincisivelyinracialissuesandcreatingblackgroup.
Inthesouth,theracialissues,relatingtothebasicofsociety,political,economy,cultureandmorality,arethemostsensitiveandmovingparts.QuotingasayingfromacharacterunderFaulkner'pen,theracialissuesarethecurseforthesouthsocietyandsouthpeople'sconscience.Concernedwiththisproblem,thesouthpeoplehavetwovariousopinions.Oneisextremelybeautifyforthelivingstylesandtheslaveryofthesouth.TheotherissouthwritersfirstlyviewtheirhometownwithcriticismasthearrivaloftheRenaissanceofthesouth.WilliamFaulkneristhemostdistinguishedandtypicaloneamongthem.
1.Faulkner'sAnti-racialismTalkinginPublic.
Asahumanitarian,Faulknerhasneverstoppedcondemningtheracialism,theslaveryandthepersecutionstoblacks.Hiscriticsfortheslaveryexistinhisliteraturemorethanspeechesandarticlesthoughheisquiteconservativeinpoliticalandfullofloveforhishometown.Forexample,FaulknerhasmadeaspeechinSeptember11,1955.Hesaid,"Ialsocriticizethedatethatthefirstblackmanescortedhereandtreatedasaslave."Onthatday,hepointedout,"underthebackgroundoftheslavery,thesocialstatusofblackpeopleisthesameasanimals".Sohecompletelyopposesthelynch,andlashestheKuKluxKlanasthevanguardofFascism.
Furthermore,inthearticleof'Mississippi',hedeclaresthatwhathehatesmostisthereasonthatpeopletortureblacksrandomlyisnotbecausewhatabominablecrimetheyhavedone,butbecausetheircolorofskinisblack.SuchkindofspeechstatementofFaulknerisnumerous.
Meanwhile,itisafactthatthesocialbackgroundofthattimewasfullofracialism,andhowbraveFaulknerwaswhenhemadethesestatementsinthepublicbeforethebreakoutofthecivilrightmovement.Forthisreason,hesuffersruthlesscurseandthreatenfromthesouthnewspaperandlocalpeople,eventhemisunderstandingofhisfamily.
2.TheCritiquefortheSlaveryinFaulkner'sWorks.
Asawriter,Faulkner'sconcerningtowardraceandsympathyfortheblackentirelyexpressinhisworks,especiallyinthosehighlypraisednovelslike"TheSoundandtheFury","Absalom,Absalom","GoDown,Moses"and"IntrudersintheDust".Inthesenovels,eitherthethemesofthemareracialissues,orthemaincharactersareblacks,andthelivesofslavesinnovelsarequitedifferentfromthehappyliveswrittenbytraditionalnovelistsintheSouth.
(1).TheAnimal-likeFateofSlavesintheSouth.
Contrarytothecomfortable,peace,andhappylivesofslavesundertheprotectionandcareoftheirkindmastersinmanorliterature.,inFaulkner'works,theblackarenothumanbutfortune,draughtanimalsorbeast,arethesymbolofsocialstatusandthetoolofsolvetheirsexualdesire.
Takethe"GoDown,Moses"and"Absalom,Absalom"asexamples,alotoftragicfatesofblackscanbeseendirectly.In"Absalom,Absalom",blackslavesarechasedbygundogs,andthentheyaretrainedtohuntdownanimals.Intheslavemarket,slavesareboughtandsoldlikeanimalsdoes.Mr.CompsontoldIkkemotubbethatSutpenwasasshrewandcarefulashewaspickingupanimals.Actually,themiserablesituationofblackshasnoanyimprovementeventhoughtheslaveryhasbeenabolishedfordozensofyears.In"GoDown,Moses",awordsayingbyapoliceofficerwhenablackwasburntbybrutalrioters,cantypicallyrepresentstheattitudeofwhiteracialists:
"thesecursedniggersarenothumanbeingalthoughtheywalkwithlegsandspeakhumanlanguage.Asfarasnormalemotionsandmoralofhumanconcern,theyaretotallyacrowdofwildbulls".
(2).TheMiserableLifeofFemaleSlaves.
Inaddition,Faulknerparticularlycriticizesslaveholdersforrapingblackwomencruelly.Whytheabominablebehaviourisaccessibleinthesouth?
Becauseboththebodyandspiritofblacksarebelongingtotheirmasterswhocanwilfullyaskblackgirls,housemaidorfemaleslavesworkinginthefieldtosatisfytheirsexualdesire.Whatmakesourhacklesriseisthesevomitingslaveholdersevenviolatetheirhalf-breeddaughters.ThatiswhathappenedintheGoDown,Moses".Beautifulblackgirlsweretrainedfortheonlyusageoffemale.Towardtheencouragementofabusementforfemaleblacksandsavagetramplingthehumanityofthem,Faulknerexpresshisintensewrath.
(3).TheMiserableLifeofHalf-breeds.
Accordingly,moreandmorehalf-breedswerebornduringthattime.Itisestimatedthattheincreasingrateofhalf-breedsisthreetimesthanthatofthetotalnumberofslavesfrom1850to1860.
Thehalf-breeds,arethecursedonewhohoverbetweenthewhiteandblackthatneverbeadmittedbybothsides.Infact,themostmiserablecharactersinFaukner'sworksarehalf-breeds.Forexample,Boonsonandhissonin"LightinAugust",theyliveinasituationthateitherthewhiteortheblackduringtheirlifetime,andarelynchedinbyguns;in"Absalom,Absalom",inordertobeacceptedasahuman,Boonsonisunexpectedlykilledbyhiswhitebrotherathisownfather'sgate.
WhathavebeenmentionedabovearethecriticismofFaulknerfortheslavery.Ofcourse,thereisnodoubtthathisstrongcondemnationsforracialism,intenseimpartialityandsympathyforblacksshouldbecommended.However,theinfluenceoftraditionalculture,moralvalueandwrongracialismisrooteddeeplyandsecretlyinhismind.Faulkner'worksareabrightmirrortoreflectthesecontradictionsdirectlyandsharply.
3.ThePraiseofFaulknerforthe"GoodQualities"ofBlacks.
Certainly,thiskindoftraditionalinfluenceisnothatredfortheblack.Instead,Fauklnertryshisbesttopraisethose"goodqualities"ofthem.Atthattime,thetraditionalvaluesforhimmanifestconsciouslyorunco
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