美国文学课程论文 2013年7月2 日
Surveillance and Tragedy in A Ro for Emily
吴冰姿 外国语学院英语3班 1015010305
Thesis Statement: In William Faulkner’s short novel A Ro for Emily, the main character Emily ends up with tragedy. Emily’彬字组词s fate is irrecoverable becau there are surveillance in everywhere of her life——the society, the family and herlf.
CONTENT
童话人物1. Introduction
2. The Surveillance of the Society
2.1 The Percution of Puritanism
2.2 The Noble Tradition of Old South
不知火舞怎么获得3. The Surveillance of Family
3.1 The Supervision of Emily’专项审计s Father
3.2 The Supervision of Emily’s Relatives生日快乐的祝福语简短
4. The Surveillance of Self
5. Conclusion
Works Cited
Abstract: This paper will discuss the tragedy and surveillance in 病入膏肓读音A Ro for Emily. Emily在那桃花盛开的地方歌词’s tragedy is cloly related to the surveillance around Emily. In this paper, three aspects will be discusd to find the reason for Emily’s tragedy. This paper will prove that Emily’s tragedy is irrecoverable.
Key Words: Emily, tragedy, surveillance
1. Introduction
1.1 Background Information
A Ro for Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner. He was an American writer and won Nobel Prize from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of written media, including novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essaysand screenplays. He is firstly known and praid for his novels and short stories, many of which are t in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County which also was the t of the story A Ro for Emily. A Ro for Emily was first published in the April 30, 1930 issue of Forum. It was Faulkner's first short story published in a national magazine. The themes of this story are resistance to change, isolation, versions of reality, compassion and forgiveness.
1.2 Literature Review
Many rearches have been written to work on the short story A Ro for Emily. Looking into the analys, we can conclude a lot of aspects of rearch: the symbolism, the writing technique, the cau of Emily’s tragedy, the comparison with others and so on. In the analys, the cau of Emily’s tragedy is the most popular topic. Many scholars ha
s written papers about it in different perspectives.
Firstly, some rearches believed that Emily’s tragedy was caud by three reasons——the oppression of paternity, inhuman doctrine of woman, and dislocation of times. On the Tragedy of A Ro for Emily by William Faulkner written by HONG Liu, School of Arts&Law, An Hui, Ma’an shan showed that the caus of Emily’s tragedy lie in the paternalism and feminie morality of Puritanism governing the south of America. It is said in this paper that Emily’s character was distorted by the oppression of inhuman doctrine of woman and father’s autocracy.
The Cau for Emily's Tragedy——On A Ro for Emily written by LIU-Peng, English Department, Yunyang Teachers' College, gave a further discussion of the cau of Emily’s tragedy. Besides her father’s autocracy and inhuman doctrine of woman, the author also studied the cau for Emily’s tragedy from dislocation of times. The decline of the old south and the rai of industrial civilization directly lead to Emily’s tragedy.
Secondly, many scholars has studied A Ro for Emily from the feminism perspective. T
hree Reasons for Emily's Tragedy———Analysis ofA Ro for Emily from Feminist Literary Criticism Perspective written by SHI Zi- juan, Foreign Language Department, Shaoyang College, discusd the reasons for Emily's tragic fate from the perspective of feminist literary criticism. It took Emily as the victim of patriarchal society.
An Interpretation of A Ro for Emily From a Feminist Perspective written by Zhao Qian analyzed the story A Ro for Emily from a feminist perspective, explores the social roots that lead to the tragedy of Emily. It also pointed out that Emily is victimized by the patriarchal oppression and her aristocratic status.
Finally, there are also some paper exploring the reason through comparison. Such as An Archetype Analysis of A Ro for Emily written by Su Ya-juan, institute of Foreign Languages, Lishui University. Through the approach of archetypal criticism, this essay focud on a comparative analysis of the two heroines in A Ro for Emily and Medea. Bad on detailed analysis, it put forward the conclusion that both Medea’s and Emily’s tragedies are the result of the loss of love revenge and hatred that changes from it, and both the women are the victims of the patriarchal society.
什么拿耗子多管闲事 All the rearches above has agreed that Emily is a victim and studied her tragedy from many different perspectives. But none of them has mentioned the surveillance in A Ro for Emily which is the esntial of all kinds of oppressions.
2. The Surveillance of the Society
After the Civil War，the society has changed a lot. The feudal power has declined，the bourgeoisies spring up and the southern economy of plantation is inevitably attacked by the industrialization. The southern nobles struggle against the reality of losing the fortune，the statue and the reality of agony and chaos. They feel nostalgic for the old splendor times，in a large effort to impede the progress of the society. And Emily，as the descendent of the noble，has naturally become the soul of tradition，the one part of the past honor in the South.
