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1.1StoryTimeinARoseforEmily

Numerousattemptsaremadebyscholarstosetuptheprecisechronologicaleventsinthestory.[9]OnereasonofmakingsuchhardworkisduetoWilliamFaulkner’sskillfulnarrativetechniques,theunchronologicaltimeinnarration.Fergusononcesaidthat,innoneofFaulknershortstoriesistimehandledinamorecomplexwaythanthatinAroseforEmily,[10]Faulknerdeliberatelydestroyschronologicaltimeinthisstory.However,itisofgreatsignificancetomakeoutthelinerorderinnarrationofthestory.WithacarefulexaminationofChronologicalhintsinthetext,apossibletimetableofsomemajoreventsofEmilycanbemadeasbelow:

MajorEventsinEmilyGrierson’sLifeinStoryTime

Time

MajorEvents

1857

Emilyisborn.

1887

Emilyisthirtyyearsoldbutstillsingle.

1888

Emily’sfatherdiesaroundthistime.

1889

HumorBarronarrivesinthesummer,andbegintodatewithEmily.

1890

BaptistMinisterinterviewswithEmily.

Emily’scousinsvisitandstophermarriagewithH.B.

Emilybuysratpoison.

H.BvisitsEmilyandisnotseenagain.

NeighborssprinklelimetoeliminatethesmellfromEmily’shouse

1894

ColonelSartorisremitEmily’staxes.

1897

Emilygiveslessonsinchina-painting.

1920

AdeputationvisitsMissEmilyandforceshertopaytaxes.

1931

Emilydiesattheageof74.

TownspeoplevisitEmily’shouseanddisclosehercrime.

Table1.1

Thestorywaspublishedin1931,andinpartfour,“uptothedayofherdeathatseventy-fouritwasstillthatvigorousiron-gray,likethemenofanactivemen”,[10]fromwhich,itisknownthatMissEmilywasbornin1857.ParttwotellstoreadersthatMissEmilyisstillsingleatherthirties.BecauseherfatherdrivesyoungmenwhowanttomarryMissEmilyaway.In1888,MissEmily’sfatherisdead,leavingheraloneintheworld.Andshegetssickforalongtime,untilinthesummerafterherfather’sdeath,HomerBarrenarrivesandMissEmilyfallsinlovewithHomerBarren.1890isatoughyearforMissEmily;

shehastogetridofalltheobstaclesofherlove.Inaway,Homer’sabandonisalsoanobstacleofherloveandmarriage.Therefore,inordertokeephersweethearttostaywithher,shebuysthearsenicandkillsHomer.Thebadsmellofthecorpsemakestheneighborshardlytolerate,andtheysprinklelimetoeliminatethesmell.In1894,ColonelSartorisremittedMissEmily’stax,thereasonisthatMissEmilyistoopoortopaythetax,andshehastoopenchina-paintinglessonstoearnsomemoneyforbasicneedsforherlife.AfterColonelSartorisdiedforalmosttenyears,MissEmilyvanquishesthenewaldermenwhourgehertopaytaxes.AndthisisthelatesteventhappenedbeforeMissEmilydies.AfterMissEmilyisburied,peoplegototheroomwhichnoonehadseenforfortyyears.Whattheyfindisthatamanhimselflayinthebed,wheretheyalsoseealongstrandofiron-grayhair.SoMissEmilyiscommittedtocrimeatthelastwordsinthestory,andattheendofherlife.

That’salltheeventsinchronologicalorderwhichwillhelpfulforreaderstohaveaclearunderstandingaboutwholeMissEmily’slife;

however,thisorderisdeliberatelydestroyedbythenarrator.

1.2NarrativeTimeinARoseforEmily

Chart1.2

Thefirstpartdescribethattown’speoplecometoMissEmily’sfuneralwithdifferentmotivations:

“themenarethroughasortofrespectfulaffectionforafallenmonument,thewomenaremostlyoutofcuriositytoseetheinsideofherhouse.”[12]Thusarousesreaders’interestinMissEmilyandherlife.However,thenarratordoesnotsatisfythecuriositiesofreaderstowardsMissEmilyimmediately,butthelatesteventhappensjustbeforeMissEmily’sdeath,istheTaxaffair.In1894,ColonelSartorisremitshertaxesandthedispensationfromhisfather’sdeathtoperpetuity.However,thenewgenerationignoresthisandurgesMissEmilytopaytaxes.

ThesecondparttellstheSmellaffairthirtyyearsbeforetheTaxaffair,andthirtytwoyearsbeforeherfather’sdeath,neighborssprinklelimearoundMissEmily’shousetoeliminatethebadsmell.What’smore,inpartthree,afterfather’sdeathandbeforethesmell,readersgettoknowthatMissEmilyfallsinlovewithHomerBarron.Whenpeoplearenotoptimisticontheirloveandmarriage,MissEmilybuysarsenicwhichincreasespeople’sguessupontoMissEmily.

Partfoursupplementsthereasonsforcousin’svisitandMissEmilybooksmen’stoilet.Alsointhispart,thenarratortellsthechangesofMissEmilyafterHomer’sdisappearance.Atherforties,sheteacheschina-paintingforsixorsevenyearsinordertopaythetaxesduringwhichhertaxesareremitted.Attheendofpartfour,MissEmilydiesinoneofthedownstairsroom,whichislackofsunlight.

Thefifthpartistheclimaxofthestory.Afterthefuneral,peoplebreakintotheroomnoonehasseenfor40years,whatshocksthemandtheyfindisthecorpseofHomer.Uponthepillowbesidethecorpse,peopleseealongstandofiron-grayhairwhichistheendofthestory.

1.3TimeInversioninARoseforEmily

OccurrenceintheStory

PartⅡ

PartⅢ

Emily’scousinsvisitedandstoppedhermarriagewithH.B.

PartⅣ

Emilyboughtratpoison.

ColonelSartorisremitsEmily’staxes.

PartⅠ

PartⅤ

Table1.3

Timeinversionisthediscordancebetweenstorytimeandnarrativetime.Fromtheabovechart,itisclearlytoseethatthemostobvioustimeinversioninthestoryisthatthelatesteventshappenedbeforeMissEmilydiedisherrefusaltopaytaxestothenewaldermen,whichistoldatthebeginningofthestory.

AnotherimportanttimeinversioninnarrationisthedisplacementbetweenHomer’sdisappearanceandthesmell.Infact,Homerdisappearancehappensbeforethesmell,however,thenarratordoesnottellthestorylikethat.HetellsneighborssprinkledlimetoeliminatethesmellfromEmily’shouseinparttwo,whilenarratesthedisappearanceofHomerintheforthpartofthestory.TheeffectofthistimeinversionisthatwhenHomerdisappearsinthetown,readersandthetown’speoplewillnotthinkheisdead,muchless,theyrelatehisdisappearancetothebadsmell.Thistimeinversionisthekeypointinthesuccessofthestory.

ThebreaksofthechronologicalorderinnarrationdonotomitanysignificanteventinMissEmily’slife.However,itproducesamysteriouseffectwhichinspiresreaders’readinginterest.There’snodoubtthatARoseforEmilyisagothicnovel,andthisgothiceffectproducedduesmuchtotheunchronologicalnarration.Ifalltheeventswerearrangedinstorytime,thesehorribleeffectswilldecrease

ChapterTwoTriangleNarrativeStructure

AlleventsintheTriangleNarrativeStructureareinnarrativetime.ThebeginningofpartonetellsthatwhenMissEmilyisdead,menandwomengotoherfuneralwithdifferentmotivations.ThelastpartnarratesthatafterMissEmily’sfuneral,town’speoplefindthecorpseofHomerBarren,andMissEmilyiscommittedtocrime.AlleventsnarratedbetweenthebeginningandtheendofthestoryhappenwhenMissEmilyisalive.Besides,Mr.Grierson’sdeathisaturningpointforMissEmilyandherlife.

TheeventslistedinthetwosidesoftheTriangleNarrativeStructure,tosomedegree,haveembeddedrelationsbetweeneachother.What’smore,theeventsintheleftsidegivesomehintsforeventsintherightsideoftheTriangleNarrativeStructure.

2.1DefinitionofTriangleNarrativeStructure

ThisshortstorybeginswithMissEmily’sdeath;

andthenthestoryflashesbacktotheevents,listedintheleftsideintheTriangleNarrativeStructurehappenwhensheisalive.ParttwotellsMissEmily’sfather,Mr.Griersonisdead,whichisregardedastheturningpointofallevents.Atlast,thestorycomesbacktoHomer’sdeathanddisclosingMissEmily’scrime.Obviously,theTriangleNarrativeStructureisaloosetrianglestructure.

Thispaperregardsfather’sdeathastheturningpointsinallevents,thereasonsarefollowings:

Firstly,father’sdeathisusuallyconsideredastheearliesteventsexceptthatEmily’sfatherdrivesyoungmenwhowanttomarryMissEmilyawayinthestory.Secondly,tosomedegree,herfather’sdeathfreesMissEmilyandshegets