Southern Renaissance(南方文艺复兴)

TheSouthernRenaissance1background2formation3theFugitives4WilliamFaulknerCONTENTSbackground•ForalongtimeoftheCivilWartheagriculturalsouthremainedsunordinatetoindustrialnorth,andthereexistedaglaringgapincultureandwayofthinkingbetweenthetwopartsofcountry.•Measuresweretakentodevelopthesouth,economicimprovementsslowlycameabout.•Althoughthesouthremainedconservative,thereappearedavisiblesignofchangeinliterature,andtherewereeffortstoreassessthepastandthepresentanddoself-searching.formation•Sincethebeginningofthe20thcentury,therehaveemergedafewgenerationsofsouthernwriterswhohavealltriedtoroottheirworksinthesouthwithaviewtoachievinguniversalapplicability.•Writers:WilliamFaulkner,CarolineGordon,ElizabethMadoxRoberts,KatherineAnnePorter,AllenTate,TennesseeWilliams,RobertPennWarren,andZoraNealeHurston,amongothers.TheFugitives（逃亡者派）•ThegroupincludedJohnCroweRansom,DonaldDavidson,AllenTate,RobertPennWarren,andothers.•ThestartofthesouthernRenaissanceisoftentracedbacktotheactivitiesof“TheFugitives”,agroupofpoetsandcriticswhowerebasedatVanderbiltUniversityinNashville,Tennessee,justafterthefirstworldwar.WilliamFaulknerWritingStyleLifeandCareerintroductionMajorWorksWilliamFaulknerintroduction•WilliamCuthbertFaulknerwasanAmericanwriterandNobelPrizelaureatefromOxford,Mississippi.Faulknerwrotenovels,shortstories,aplay,poetry,essays,andscreenplays.HeisprimarilyknownforhisnovelsandshortstoriessetinthefictionalYoknapatawphaCounty.•Faulknerwasawardedthe1949NobelPrizeforLiteratureforhispowerfulandartisticallyuniquecontributiontothemodernAmericannovel•1949年诺贝尔文学奖得主，获奖原因为“因为他对当代美国小说做出了强有力的和艺术上无与伦比的贡献”。YoknapatawphaCountyYoknapatawphaCountyisafictionalcountycreatedbyWilliamFaulkner,baseduponandinspiredbyLafayetteCounty,Mississippi,anditscountyseatofOxford,Mississippi，wherehespentmostofhislife.Aswellasover50ofhisstoriesinYoknapatawphaCounty。[jɒknəpəˈtɔfə]LifeandCareer1897.9.25boyho-od17yearsold1919and19201925borninNewAlbany,Mississippi,andhehadthreeyoungerbrothers.listenedtheexploitsofhisgreat-grandfather,whowasasuccessfulbusinessman,writer,andCivilWarhero,beingcalledOldColonel.metPhilipStone,whowouldlaterbecomeanimportantearlyinfluenceonhiswriting.attendedtheUniversityofMississippiinOxford,droppingoutinNovember1920.hisfirstnovelpublished,Soldier'spay军饷.192719321929~1942194919571962.7.6wrotehisfirstnovelsetinhisfictionalYoknapatawphaCounty,entitledFlagsintheDust坟墓里的旗帜.becameascreenwriterinHollywood.mostproductive:2short-storycollections,avolumeofpoetry,11novelshadpublished.wasawardedthe1949NobelPrizeforLiterature.servedasWriter-in-ResidenceattheUniversityofVirginiadiedofathrombosis-relatedheartattack,aged64.WritingStyle•Faulknerwasknownforhisexperimentalstylewithmeticulousattentiontodictionandcadence.Faulknermadefrequentuseofstreamofconsciousnessinhiswriting,andwroteoftenhighlyemotional,subtle,cerebral,complex,andsometimesGothicorgrotesquestoriesofawidevarietyofcharacters.19nevols75shortstories2volumesofpoetryMajorWorks•Soldier'sPayandMosquitoes(1927)•Sartoris(1929)•TheSoundandFury喧嚣与骚动(1929)•AsILayDying我弥留之际(1930)•Sanctuary圣殿(1931)•LightinAugust八月之光(1932)•Absalom,Absalom押沙龙!押沙龙!(1936)•GoDown,Moses去吧，摩西(1942)TheSoundandFuryThenovelcentersontheCompsonfamily,formerSouthernaristocratswhoarestrugglingtodealwiththedissolutionoftheirfamilyanditsreputation.Overthecourseofthe30years,thefamilyfallsintofinancialruin,losesitsreligiousfaithandtherespectofthetownofJefferson,andmanyofthemdietragically.Thankyou!