William_Faulkner_ppt

WilliamFaulkner(1897-1962)AbouttheauthorWilliamFaulkner'slife•WilliamFaulkner(1897-1962)wasbornonSeptember25,1897inNewAlbany,Mississippi,andbegantowritepoetryasateenager.HeattendedtheUniversityofMississippiinOxfordbeforeandafterhisserviceintheRoyalCanadianAirForceinWorldI.HisliterarycareerbeganinNewOrleanswherehemetSherwoodAnderson,whohelpedhimgethisfirstnovelSoldier’sPaypublishedin1926.TheworkwhichwonFaulkneraNobelPrizein1950isoftenadepictionoflifeinhisfictionalYoknapatawphaCounty,animaginativereconstructionoftheareaadjacenttoOxford.LiteratureContribution•TheMirbleFaun（1924）《云石牧神》avolumeofpoetry•Soldiers'Pay（1926）《士兵的报酬》firstnovel•Sartoris（l929）《萨托里斯》seeandfeelthedignityandsorrowofwhatwastobecomehismostfrequentlyusedsubjectmatter•TheSoundandtheFury（1929）《喧哗与骚动》•AsILayDying（l930）《我弥留之际》•LightinAugust（l932）《八月之光》•Absalom，Absalom（1936）《押沙龙！押沙龙！》•GoDown,Moses（1942）《去吧，摩西》•ARoseforEmily《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》•Faulknerreceivedthe1949NobelPrizeforLiteratureforhispowerfulandartisticallyuniquecontributiontothemodernAmericannovel.TheSoundandtheFuryTheSoundandtheFuryisatale/Toldbyanidiot,fullofsoundandfury,/Signifyingnothing.ThereisenoughdespairandnihilismbutmuchloveandemotioninthissadstoryofCompsons.Ittellsastoryofdeteriorationfromthepasttothepresent.Thepastisideailzedtoformastrikingcontrastwiththelovelesspresent.Thereisinthebookanacutefeelingofnostalgiatowardthehappypast.Themes•(1)HistoryandraceHeexplainsthepresentbyexaminingthepast,bytellingthestoriesofseveralgenerationsoffamilytoshowhowhistorychangeslife.Hewasinterestedintherelationshipbetweenblacksandwhites,especiallyconcernedabouttheproblemsofthepeoplewhowereofthemixedraceofblackandwhite,unacceptabletobothraces.•(2)Deterioration•(3)Conflictsbetweengenerations,classes,races,manandenvironment•(4)Horror,violenceandtheabnormalWritingStyle•SyntaxThemostnoticeablefeatureofFaulkner'sstyle,inBarnBurningandelsewhere,ishissyntaxorsentencestructure.Faulkner'ssentencestendtobelong,fullofinterruptions,butworkbasicallybystringingoutseeminglymeanderingsequencesofclauses.•Streamofconsciousnessofhumannature•Multiplenarrators•Timebendwithoutlinearchronologicaltimesequence---bestmediumintotheexploration---ensurethemaximumrevelationofhumanpossibilities.•“Anti-hero”:weak,vulnerable(truepeopleinmodernsociety)SocialSignificance•FaulknerhasbeenconsideredAmerica'sgreastestnovelisttocameoutofthetwentiethcentury.Thebestofhisfiction,whichdealwithbasichumannatureandbasicpatternofhumanbehavior,rankamongthemostenduringworksofworldliterature.Inwritingabouthislandaboutmanintheageless,eternalstruggles,Faulknerspeaksforbothhispeopleandhunanity,andbecomesastimelessandspacelessashisstories.•HewasoneofthewinnerofNobelPrize.Influnced•By:Hewasinfluncedbyhimself.•On:1Hehasagroupofwomenwritersfollowinghim,includingO’ConnorandEudoraWelty.2ThewritersofLatinAmerica