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LiteraryReview
ARoseforEmily
CharlesS.Aikenfocusesonthelinkbetweensetting,YoknapatawphaandWilliamFaulkner’screationoftheworks.Thissettingendowsamysterioussenseforhisworks,sculpturingsomeeccentriccharactersinhisworks.
MarryArensbergandSaraE.SchyfterthinkthatEmilyGrierson'shistory,fromthetimeofherfather'sdeathtoherowndeathattheageofseventy-four,isthefocusofFaulkner'snarrative.“ARoseforEmily”isanarrativewoventogetherbyanarratorwhodescribesalifebasedonthescatteredfragmentsofacollectivememory.
ThomasKleinmadeastudyofWilliamFaulkner’sfamousstoryARoseforEmilywhofocusedontwofeatures:
thestory’scomplexchronologyandtheunusualvoiceofthenarrator.Concerningit,heexploredthatvoiceandsuggestedapossiblemodelforit.
Faulknerdescribed“ARoseforEmily”as“aghoststory”.Therefore,DavidM.Ballmakesastudywhoistheghost?
Inhisopinion,thereareseveralcandidates:
obviouslyMissEmily,“thecarventorsoofanidolinaniche”;thedisappearedHomerBarron;thewraithlikeTobe.Butthevoiceofthetownisthemostghostlike:
pervasive,shape-shifting,haunting.
JohnL.Skinnerproposestoconsider“ARoseforEmily”intermsoftheclassicformalistdistinctionbetweenfabulaandsuzhet.Heexaminesthetextbothintermsofthenarrator'sownassociativelogicandwithreferencetoGenette'scelebratedanalysisoftimeinnarrativediscourse.
YangShulimadeananalysisoffeminisminARoseforEmily,exploringthereasonsofEmily’stragiclifefromfemaleperspective.Inaddition,theoldtraditionalvalueofthefemaleinsouthernsocietywasalsooneofthereasonsofhertragedy.
LinYutingalsohadastudyofEmily’scharacterinARoseforEmily.Inheropinion,Emily’stragedywasaresultofherowncharacters-arrogance,mentalillness,andstubbornness.Emilydevelopedastrongsenseofsuperiorityandarrogancewhichcouldbeseenfromherwalking,keepingherheadstraightevenifherfamilyfallenlater.Emilyalsosufferedfrommentaldisorder,indicatedbyhermorbidunderstandingoftimeanddeath.Anothercharacteralsoleadedtohertragedy.Sheclungtothepastsoobstinatelythatsherejectedtothechange.
ZhangYanalsomadeatentativeanalysisofEmily’stragiclifefromaspectsofexpressivetechniques,symbolismandEmily’spersonalcharacters.Emily,theheroineinWilliamFaulkner’sshortstoryARoseforEmily,isasacrificetothedisintegratingoldsouthculture.Sheperformsthefunctionsofasymbolofasystem.ThereisacloserelationshipbetweenEmily’shighsocialposition,herbackground,herfortune,herpersonalityandhertragedy.
EdwinVartanytriedtoshowthatthethemeofARoseforEmilyisman’srelationtotime.Thestorysettwodifferentattitudesabouttimeagainsteachother.Thefirst,presentedbyHomerBaron,theNorth,andthenewgeneration,consistsoflivinginarootlesspresentanddenyingthepast.Thesecond,representedbytheoldgeneration,consistsofpeopleclingtothepastandresistingchange.Thestoryisthusacriticismoftwoopposingviewsoftime,onecorrespondingtothesouthandtheothertotheNorth.
JieFangalsomadeastudyofEmily’scharactersandcharacterportrayalinARoseforEmily.Shecombinedtheconventionaltechniques-narrator,settingandshow,andexperimentaldevices-gothicstyle,pointofview,andhandlingoftimetoanalyzethisnovel.
WangXiaohongstudiedthemysteryofthethreecharacters,Emily,Emily’sfatherandHomerBarronaswellasthesymbolism.
YuanLianalyzedtheartisticfeaturesofWilliamFaulkner’sshortnovels.Throughnarrationviews,icebergprinciplesandvaguesymbols,YuanLidevelopedadetailedstudyofFaulkner’snovels.
JiangMeiprovidesaliteraryanalysisof“TheJiltingofGrannyWeatherall”byKatherineAnnePorterand“ARoseforEmily”byWilliamFaulknerthroughthepointofcharacterization.Themaincharactersinthestoriessharedseveralimportantsimilarities.However,eachauthorhadsucceededinportrayingtwoverydifferentwomenbyadoptingtheuniquepointofview,differentmethodsofcharacterizationrespectively,thusmakingbothMissEmilyandGrannyWeatherallvividlyappearasthewaytheyare,notsimplecharactersresemblingeachother.
WangQianalsomakesastudyofthecharactersandthemesinthisnovel.ItmainlyanalyzesthecharacterssuchasEmily,herfather,andherlover.ThosecharactersnotonlyaffecttheinnerselfbuttheouterselfofEmily.ThisessayisaimedatexploringtheEmily’stragicmisfortuneunderthepressureofpatriarchalsocietyandthesouthernmorals.
PengChangliumakesastudyofEmily,thinkingherasthesymbolofthenewandoldsouthernculture.Emily’slifereflectsatypicalpictureofthesouthintransitionalperiodandofthesouthernersinspiritualcrisis.
GuanChunmeibrieflyanalyzestheheroinein“ARoseforEmily”.BywayofthedescriptionandanalysisofthetitleandEmily’slifestyleandlifeexperiences,especiallyconnectedwithAmericansouthernreconstruction,hemakesaconclusionthatEmilyisthevictimofthepastandavictimwholivesinthepast.
FangYiguimakesastudyofEmilyfromdifferentperspectives,thinkingEmilyisacomplexpersonwitheccentriccharacter.Sheisthevictimofthesoutherncultureandapreserverofthesoutherncultureatthesametime.AndsheisarebelofAmericanSoutherntraditionandanescapistofthesocialreality,andapurserofahappylife.
NickMelczreakshowsthatFaulkner’staleusesamorenuancedandsubtlenarrativestrategythancriticshavepreviouslyperceivedtoachieveanevenmorepsychologicallycomplexeffectthanthehackneyednotionof“horror”encompasses.Whichevercase,byfocusingonthesimple“horror”ofEmilyGrierson,wemissthedegreetowhichthetownspeopleexhibitobsessiveandmanipulativebehavioroftheirown.Infocusingonthetimelineor,goingfurther,seekingtountangleit,weoverlookthepossibleimplicationsofthetimeline’stanglinginthefirstplace.
PhilipWinsteinthinksthatFaulkner,themostcomplexandcompelling
ofAmericannovelists,remainsinexhaustible,bothasamanandawriter.Inhisview,abiographyisnevermorethana"take,"oneadditionalperspective,necessarilysubjective.AcriticaslivelyandwellinformedasWeinsteinwillalwayshavesomethingtoadd.BecomingFaulknerattempts,quitesuccessfully,tolocatetheoriginsoftheworkintheauthor'sdevelopingpsyche.
ChenLumakesastudyof“ARoseforEmily”fromanarchetypalapproach.Shethinksthisnovelisnotanimitationofthecavalierliterature,butaparodyofthecavalierliteratureinthecontextofmodernsociety.Bythewayofsubversionanddeconstructingthevalueofcavalierspiritaswellasrefinedlove,thisnovelrevealsthelossofthesublimeandsignificantmeanings,thedeclineoftheancientandnoblespiritsinthemodernsociety,andthereforealarmsthemodernpeople.
SuDanalsodelvesintothisnovel.Shethinksthatthisnoveldemonstratestheauthor’ssophisticatedwritingtechniquesandremarkableimagination.Withtheintroductionofpost-colonialcriticismintotheanalysisofFaulkner’sreflectiononfeminisminEmily,sheexplorestheshapingofsoutherntraditionsandconventionsthatarerepresentedbythearchetypalsouthernlady.Atthesametime,shealsostudiesthecultureconflictbetweensouthernandnorthernculturesinAmerica.DongWeiandWangXiaoLinalsomakesthesamestudy,theyregardsEmilyasadeterioratedaristocrat,desperatelystrugglesintheabyssofsufferinginducedbytheconflictbetweenthedeclinesouthernspiritandtherapaciousindustrialcivilization,andconsequentlyputonthestageofagreattragedyoflife.
LiuZhuoandPengChangliualsomakeastudyofthisnovel.Theyfocusontheambivalentcharacterofthisnovel,Emily.Theyportrayavividpictureofthesouthernintransitionalperiodandanalyzethesouthernersinthespiritcrisis.LinJingalsomakesastudyofEmily,aheroineinARoseforEmily.LintriestoanalyzeEmilyfromtheangleoffeminism,payingattentiontohermentalstate.Shealsointerpretstheheroine’stragedyinpatriarchalsociety.
MenakhemPerrymakesastudyofHowtheOrderofaTextCreatesItsMeanings-anAnalysisofFaulkner's“ARoseforEmily”.Heinterpretstwomotivationtypesofthetext-Continuum.Theliterarytext,likeanyverbaltext,isreceivedbythereaderthroughaprocessof“concretization”Itsverbalelementsappearoneafteranother,anditssemanticcomplexes(e.g.,scenes,ideas,characters,plot,value,judgments)buildup“cumulatively”,throughadjustmentsandreadjustments.Describingthestagesofthereadingprocess,andformulatingtheprinciplesgoverningthelocationofelementsrelativetoeachotherintheclosedcontinuumofthetext,mustthereforeplayamajorroleinthecharacterizationofaliterarytext.
Godden'sthesisisthatFaulkner'scomplexwordsarebothsocialinstrumentsandoccupiedterritory;theyconstituteandareconstitutedbytheeconomicconditionsofthereferentworldinwhichhewrote.Assuch,Faulkner'slatenovelsbecomeaconspicuousandconflictedresponsetotheinfluxofcapitalthatdelugestheDepression-eraSouthandeffectivelyendsthepremodernresiduesofsharecropping,replacingitwithawage-laboreconomy.Theeffectsareprofoundbothonasocialanddemographiclevel,transformingapredominantlyblacktenantfarmingpopulationintoaradicallycontractedwage-laborforceandacceleratingtheenergiesoftheGreatMigration.
JieFangthinks“ARoseforEmily”isthefirstofFaulkner'sshortstoriestobepublishedandperhapsstill
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