激情的疏离：爱米丽的悲剧分析

摘要

William Faulkner,the most distinguished writer of American Southern Renaissance,creates a fictional country of Yoknapatawpha County,where stories of generations happen.A Rose for Emily is one of his most famous short stories that take place in his fictional city,Jefferson,Mississippi.With 7 000 words, Faulkner constructs in this short novel the image of Emily who maintains absently present all the time and keeps a distant relationship with “us”.The paper analyzes Emily’s alienation relationships with “us”,for which “us”begins to respect and sympathize Emily,and describes how the respect and sympathy guide“us”to serve as the witness of Emily‘s tragedy.%威廉·福克纳是美国南方文艺复兴的主力作家，他所创造的“约克纳帕塔法体系”主要讲述杰弗生镇及其郊区的几个家族几代人的故事。《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》是福克纳最为著名的短篇小说，作者以大约7000字的篇幅建构了一个“我们”视野中的爱米丽形象。在文本中，爱米丽始终保持着不在场的在场状态，并且与“我们”保持着疏离的关系，文章试图从三个角度来分析爱米丽与“我们”之间的这种疏离，以及疏离中“我们”对爱米丽所产生的尊敬而又怜惜的复杂情感，并描述这种情感如何引导“我们”“见证”爱米丽的悲剧。