美国文学简史耀信版讲义8.ppt

TheSouthernRenaissance&WilliamFaulknerAmericansouthernliteraturecandatebacktoEdgarAllenPoe,andreachitssummitwiththeappearanceofthetwo“giants”––,EudoraWelty尤朵拉·韦尔蒂,FlanneryO’Connor弗兰纳里·---focusonhistoricalromancesaboutthe"LostCause"oftheConfederateStatesofAmerica.---glorifiedtheheroismoftheConfederatearmyandcivilianpopulationduringtheCivilWarandthesupposedly"ulture"thatexistedintheSouthbeforethewar(knownastheAntebellumSouth).TheSouthernRenaissancewasthereinvigorationofAmericanSouthernliteraturethatbeganinthe1920sand1930swiththeappearanceofwriterssuchasWilliamFaulkner,Wolfe,TennesseeWilliams,etc.ThreemajorthemesinSouthernRenaissance---theburdenofhistoryinaplacewheremanypeoplestillrememberedslavery,reconstruction,andadevastatingmilitarydefeat.---focusontheSouth'sconservativeculture,specificallyonhowanindividualcouldexistwithoutlosingasenseofidentityinaregionwherefamily,religion,munityweremorehighlyvaluedthanone'spersonalandsociallife.---theSouth'stroubledhistoryinregardstoracialissues.WilliamFaulkner---Oneofthegreatestwriterin20thcentury---initiatorofSouthernRenaissance---oneofthemostinfluentialmodernistnovelwritersinthewestWilliamFaulkner(1897-1962)WilliamFaulknerwasbornonSeptember25,,hejoinedtheCanadianRoyalFlyingCorpsbutneverfought;thedayhegraduatedfromtheFlyingCorps,,(1)1924~1929:trainingasawriterTheMarbleFaunSoldier’sPayMosquitoes(2)1929~1936:mostproductiveandprolificperiodSartoris《萨托里斯》TheSoundandtheFury《喧哗与骚动》AsILayDying《在我弥留之际》LightinAugust《八月之光》Absalom,Absalom《押沙龙,押沙龙!》literarycareer:(3)1940~end:wonrecognitioninAmericaGoDown,Moses《去吧,摩西》