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WilliamFaulknerSept25,1897–July6,1962Born:September25,1897Died:July6,1962(aged64)Notableworks:TheSoundandtheFury《喧哗与骚动》AsILayDying《我弥留之际》LightinAugust《八月之光》Absalom,Absalom!《押沙龙！押沙龙！》ARoseforEmily《纪念爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》Notableawards:NobelPrizeinLiterature1950PulitzerPrizeforFiction1955,1963PersonallifeFamily:·wasborninMississippi·thefirstoffoursons·father·mother·maternalgrandmother·great-grandfatherTwoinfluentialfigures:PhilipstoneSherwoodAndersonhumor,tragicpositionofBlackandWhiteAmericans,Southerncharacters,histimelessthemesartisticimaginationimportantinfluenceonhiswriting，recommendingChildhood•FaulknerwasBorninNewAlbany,Mississippiin1897.ThefamilyMovedtoOxford,Mississippi(prototypeofYoknapatawpha),thesettingofmostofhisworks)whenhewas5yearsold.•Hegrewupastheeldestsonoffourbrothers.•Hehopedtoaspiretobelikehisgreat-grandfather,awriteraswell.•Asaschoolchild,Faulknerhadmuchsuccessearlyon.However,beginningsomewhereinthefifthgradeofhisschooling,Faulknerbecameamuchmorequietandwithdrawnchild.Hebegantoplayhookyoccasionallyandbecamesomewhatindifferenttohisschoolwork.AsaYoungMan•Hehadalwaysdreamedofbecomingapilotinthearmyhoweverwasdeclinedbecauseofhisheight.(5’5”)•In1918,trainedasapilotfortheRoyalCanadianFlyingCorps•In1919,universityofMississippi,afterthreesemestershedroppedout.Hebegantodrinkexcessively.•In1920,hegotajobatabookstoresothathecouldreadmanyworksfromHawthorne,MarkTwainandsoon.•In1925,hewenttoEurpoe,hisliterarybeganinNeworlendswherehemetSherwoodAnderson,whohelpedhimgethisfirstnovelSoilderʼPaypublishedin1926.AdulthoodIn1929-1942,aperiodofamazingliteraryoutput•TheSoundandtheFury(1929)•AsILayDying(1930)•Sanctuary(1931)•LightinAugust(1932)•Absalom,Absalom!(1936)•TheHamlet(1940)•GoDown,Moses(1942)Early1940s,forgottenbythepublic,in1945,asecondrisetofame,higherthanthefirst.In1950,receivedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Asascreenwriter•FortwentyyearsheworkedinHollywoodwritingseveralscreenplayslikeTodayWeLive(1933)andLandofthePharaos(1955)andproducingmanynovelsandshortstories.•HelaterworkedinHollywoodwithHowardHawks,amoviedirectorwhobecameafriendofhim.FaulknerinHollywood:1930sIntheuniversityofVirginiacampusTheEndofHisLife•FaulknerdiedJuly6th,1962aftersufferingfromacoronaryocclusion(心肌梗塞)•UptohisdeathheworkedasaWriter-In-Residence(常驻作家）attheUniversityofVirginiain1957.•TheUnitedStatesPostalService(美国邮政服务中心)issuedafirst-class22-centstampcommemoratinghislifeandstintasapostmaster.Fame:•anAmericannovelistandpoetwhoseworksfeaturehisnativestateofMississippi•regardedasoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthetwentiethcentury•oneoftheleadingAmericanwritersintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.•arepresentativeofthewritersusingstreamofconsciousnessthemesinFaulkner’sworks•ThetragiccollisionbetweentheoldSouthandthenewSouth•Theconnectionbetweenpastandpresent•Socialandmoralburdens•Issuesofsex,classandraceFaulkner’sStyleofWriting•Sensationalism（煽情主义）&intricacy;•Devotiontotraditionalvaluesinaworldofcrisisbuthisanguish+boldnesstochangethosevalues;•Labyrinthine（迷宫似的）organizationofhisnovels;•Centraltheme:theuniversethemeof“theproblemsofthehumanheartinconflictwithitself”;•Hisboldexperimentsinthedislocationofnarrativetimeanduseofstreamofconsciousnesstechniques→placinghimintheforefrontoftheavant-garde.writingtechniques•Yoknapatawphacounty(约克纳帕塔法世系）•Authorialtranscenden(作家的超脱，作家退出小说)•Streamofconsciousness(意识流)•multiplepointsofview(多角度叙事)约克纳帕塔法世系威廉·福克纳一生共写了19部长篇小说与近百篇短篇小说，其中15部长篇与绝大多数短篇的故事都发生在约克纳帕塔法县，称为约克纳帕塔法世系这个“世系”以美国南方几个庄园主世家的荣辱兴衰为主线，表现了一个世纪以来美国南方社会的历史命运、社会变迁以及各阶层人物的起伏沉浮，写出了美国南方地区的典型特征，具有浓厚的乡土气息。约克纳帕塔法是福克纳作品的标志，是文学史上有名的虚构地点之一，原型是他故乡所在的拉斐特郡（Lafayette）。AuthorialtranscendenThewritershouldbeinterestedinallman’sbehaviorwithnojudgementwhatever.Faulknerallowshischaracterstoenjoyamaximumdegreeofautonomyandindependence.Hewouldratherthecharacterexplainthemselveswithlittleinterventionoftheauthor.Streamofconsciousness•“interiormonologue”,thereactionsandinnerthoughtsofthenarrators.•brokethroughtheboundsoftimeandspace,anddepictedvividlyandskillfullytheunconsciousactivityofthemind.multiplepointsofviewshowingwithinthesamestorydifferentreactionstothesamepersonorthesamesituation，givingthestoryacircularfromratherthanalinearstructure.TheEndThankyou!