A-rose-for--Emily-写作技巧英文版-武汉大学

WRITINGSKILLSofARoseforEmily1.StoryStructurePartI:Emily'sdeath;Shepaysnotaxes.PartII:ThestrangesmellingofEmily'shouse;Emily'sfatherpassedawayPartIII:LovewithHomer;EmilybuypoisonPartIV:TheEmily'soldage;Emily'sdeathPartV:Emily'sfuneral;Peoplefoundthecorpse（尸体）2.FigurativelanguageSimile（明喻）•Hereyes,lostinthefattyridgesofherface,lookedliketwosmallpiecesofcoalpressedintoalumpofdough.Personification（拟人）•Butgaragesandcottonginshadencroachedandobliteratedeventheaugustnamesofthatneighborhood;onlyMissEmily'shousewasleft,liftingitsstubbornandcoquettishdecayabovethecottonwagonsandthegasolinepumps-aneyesoreamongeyesores.3.Narrativetechniques---重点部分Suspense（悬念）Ithinkthewritingskilltheauthorusemostis“suspense”,atthebeginningofthenovelthereareseveralquestionswecannotgetthrough,e.g.whythewholetownwenttoherfuneral?Whatthe“fallenmonument’representfor?Whythewomenwerefullofcuriositytotheinsideofherhouse?WhatexactlywasinEmily”shouse?Withsomanyquestionswehavetodealwith,wearefullofinterestsandcuriositytoreadthefollowingtextandfindtheanswers.Andattheotherpartsofthetext,therearesuspensesaswell,e.g.whythehouseofnobleEmilysendoutbadsmell?Isthearsenic(砒霜)reallyformice？SymbolItseemsthatateemisgoingtogiveusadetailexplanation.Herewejustgiveabriefintroduction.Thetexthaveanuniquetitle—“ARoseforEmily”,butthetrueflower—rosedoesnotappearfromthebeginningtotheend.Thisisasymbol.Ithinkthe“rose”haveseveresymbols,e.g.a)Love.EmilydidnotgetHomer”struelove,buttheauthorwanttogivea“rose”forher,showinghumanisticemotion.b)Emilyherself.Asthepresentoftheoldsociety,sheisarosefullofthorns.(带刺的玫瑰)EmilyisthesymbolofsouthtraditionalcivilizationandPuritanculture（清教文化）.Homeristhesymbolofthecapitalistclass.Chronologicaldisorder(时序倒错法)textorder:Deathof74-year-Emily-----Sherefusedtopaytaxes.----Thesmellfromherhouse.-----Herexceptionalperformafterherfather”sdeath.----ShefellinlovewithHomerandthenHomerdisappeared.-----Sheboughtarsenic(砒霜).----Deathof74-year-Emily.Theexactorder:Herexceptionalperformafterherfather”sdeath.-----Sherefusedtopaytaxes.----ShefellinlovewithHomerandthenHomerdisappeared.-----Sheboughtarsenic(砒霜).----Thesmellfromherhouse.----Deathof74-year-oldEmily.Thebeginningisinharmonywiththeend.Thisdisordermakestheplotcomplicatedandconfusing(扑朔迷离),significantlyhighlighttheloveofEmily,intensivelycriticizetheessenceofsouthtraditionalcivilizationbasedonslaveryandPuritanculture.UniquedetailsThemostimportantclueofthemouderisthehairofEmily.“ThehairofEmily”appearmanytimesinthetextasfollows:a)Afterherfather,sdeath,“herhairwascutshort,makingherlooklikeagirl,witharesemblancetothoseangelsincoloredchurchwindows.”b)AfterHomer,sleaving6monthes,“shehadgrownfatandherhairwasturninggray.Duringthenextfewyearsitgrewgrayerandgrayeruntilitattainedanevenpepper-and-saltiron-gray.Uptothedayofherdeathatseventy-fouritwasstillthatvigorousiron-gray,likethehairofanactiveman.”c)Afterherdeath“Shediedinoneofthedownstairsrooms,inaheavywalnutbedwithacurtain,hergrayheadproppedonapillowyellowandmoldywithageandlackofsunlight.”d)ThelastsentenceaboutthedeathofHomer“wesawalongstrandofiron-grayhair(nearthebody)”Thechangingofherhairlittlebylittlecorrespondingtothedeclinationofthenobleandthecivilizationofoldsociety.Uniquenarrativeperspective(叙述视角)Usuallyweusefirstperson“Iorme”asanarratorinanovel,whiletheauthoremployedasmartnarrativeperspective---FirstPersonPlural(第一人称复数)“weorus”.“I”representasingleone,while“we”representlargeamountsofpeopleformingsharpcontrastwithmaverick(特立独行)Emily,signifyingthetragedyofEmily.FirstPersonPlural(第一人称复数)whichismorebelievablemakestheideasmoreobjectivewhilefirstpersongivesmoresubjectiveopinions.