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现代大学英语精读6第二版Unit2教师用书教学文案
现代大学英语精读6(第二版)Unit2教师用书
Unit2
ARoseforEmily
WilliamFaulkner
AdditionalBackgroundInformationonWilliamFaulkner
WilliamFaulknerwasbornandbroughtupintheAmericanSouthandlivedthereforalmostallhislife.OnNovember14,1888,thelocalnewspaperinJackson,Mississippireportedanewsstory:
“AterribletragedywasenactedatRipleyonTuesdayafternoonoflastweek—thewidelyandwell-knownCol.W.C.Falknerbeingthevictim.”Col.FalknerhadrunfortheMississippilegislatureandhadbeenelected.Butbeforehetookofficehewasshotdeadbyhisrival.Col.Falknerhadbeenalocalheroandalegendaryfigure.HewasapioneerinMississippi,organizedaregimenttofightfortheSouthintheCivilWar,practicedlawafterreturningfromthebattlefields,boughtalargeplantation,builtthefirstrailroadinhishometown,andwroteanovel,whichbecameanationalbest-seller.This“widelyandwell-known”Col.W.C.FalknerwasWilliamFaulkner’sgreat-grandfather.
OnSeptember25,1897,Faulknerwasborninthisdistinguishedfamily.HespenthisyouthinOxford,asmalltowninMississippi.AlthoughtheoldcolonelhaddiedbeforeFaulknercameintothisworld,theboygrewuplisteningtoallsortsofstoriesabouthisgreat-grandfatherandotherpeopleinhishometown.ThestoriesthathisNegronannytoldhimandthegossipheheardfromthetownspeoplerestingandchattinginthesmalldowntownsquareprovidedFaulknerwithanoraltraditionofstorytellingasanimportantpartofhiseducation.
DuringWorldWarIFaulknerservedintheRoyalCanadianAirForce.Afterthearmisticein1918hereturnedtoOxford,andforsometimeheledhislifeinaratherlistlessway.HeattendedtheUniversityofMississippibutlefttheuniversitywithinayear;hetriedhishandatpoetrybutwithoutmuchsuccess;hewentnorthtotheculturalmetropolitancityofNewYork,butwasdrivenbackhomesoonbyloneliness.Hebecameapostmaster,butafterthreeyearsatmost,heresignedfromthispost.Allthistime,Faulknerhadbeenreading,first,whateverinterestedhim,and,later,thegreatpoetsandnovelists.InNewYork,FaulknermetSherwoodAnderson,afamouswriter,andthenwhenhetraveledtoNewOrleansin1925,hegainedentryintothisartisticcenterthroughAnderson.InspiredbyAnderson,Faulknerbegantowritenovels.
Faulknerwrote19novelsandnearlyahundredshortstories.Thesettingof15novelsandthemajorityoftheshortfictionistheAmericanSouth.InhisthirdbookSartoris(1929),hecreatedthefictionalYoknapatawphaCounty.Inthesameyear,hepublishedTheSoundandtheFury(1929),oneofhismasterpieces.ThisnovelowesmuchtoJamesJoyceandthestreamofconsciousnesstechnique.InanothermajorworkAsILayDying(1930),Faulknerrelatesaterrifyingcomicstorytoaritualizedburialjourney.Inthisnovelheexperimentswithmultiple-point-of-viewnarration.LightinAugust(1932)isalsooneofFaulkner’smajornovels.ThehighpointofFaulkner’sdevelopmentisthebrilliantAbsalom,Absalom!
(1936).HisothermajorworksincludeTheUnvanquished,TheWildPalms,TheHamlet,TheTown,TheMansion,GoDownMoses,AFable,etc.
AsthesettingofmostofhisworksistheAmericanSouth,Faulknerisregardedasaregionalwriter.Buttheword“regional”ismisleadingbecauseFaulknerdealswithsomeofthemajoruniversalthemesinliteraturesoprofoundlythathisworkisreadandrecognizednationallyandinternationally.Asfaraswritingtechniquesareconcerned,Faulknerisamongthegreatexperimentalistsofthe20thcenturynovel.Hiseffectiveuseofstreamofconsciousness,multiplepointsofview,symbolismandimagery,placeshimamongtherankofoutstandingmodernwritersalongwithJamesJoyceandVirginiaWoolf.In1950,FaulknerwontheNobelPrizeforLiterature.
TheThemesandWritingTechniquesof“ARoseforEmily”
Although“ARoseforEmily”isoneofhismostfrequentlyanthologizedshortstoriesandiswidelyusedintheAmericanclassroom,Chinesestudentsmayfinditdifficulttounderstandandappreciate.SomeofthemmaythinkitisabizarrestoryaboutanoldeccentricladyinanAmericanSoutherntown.It’struethatthesettingofthestoryistheAmericanSouth.Yet,thethemeofthestoryisuniversal,transcendingtheboundariesoftimeandspace.Likemanyotherworksofgreatliterature,thisshortstorytellsaboutlove,death,honor,pride,change,andloss.
In“ARoseforEmily”wecanseehowtheauthortellsthegoodstoryskillfully;howhecreatestherequisiteatmospherefortellingthestory;howhemaintainsthesuspenseandunfoldstheconflictbitbybit;andhowhedigsdeepintothesocialworldofhischaracters.Thisstoryisarichandmodern20th-centuryliterarytext.ThosewhoarenotveryfamiliarwithmodernAmericanliteraturemaythereforeencounterobstaclesinreadingthisstory:
vaguereferences,ambiguities,symbolism,imagery,experimentalpointofview,jumbledtimesequences,avoidanceofcleartransitions,withholdingofvitalinformation,etc.Byexploitingthose“tricks,”Faulknerhopestoinvitereaderstoparticipateintheprocessofseekingthetruthsoftheinnerlifeofthecharactersinthestory.Oncewedo,wewillsurelyenjoyreadingthestory.It’slikeworkingatapuzzle:
themorepartswestarttofigureout,themoreinterestingthepuzzlewillbecome.
The1950NobelPrizepresentationspeechcalledFaulknerasthe“unrivaledmasterofalllivingBritishandAmericannovelists.”Heisregardedasa“deeppsychologist.”“ARoseforEmily”livesuptothathighpraise.
ImplicitChronology(approximate)
Thenarrationof“ARoseforEmily”doesnotfollowanormalchronologicalorder.Instead,itshiftsintimefrequentlyandgivesoutbitsofinformationaboutthemaincharacter,MissEmily,insuchawaythatthereaderhastopiecethemtogetherbyhimself/herself.Thefollowingimplicitchronologyhasbeenworkedoutonthebasisoftheinformationfromthetext.
ca.1855:
MissEmilywasborntotherichestfamilyofslave-ownersinthetown.
1861:
TheAmericanCivilWarbrokeout;ConfederatetroopsfromthetownwerecommandedbyCol.Sartoris.
1865:
TheAmericanCivilWarended.
1870s:
Mr.Grierson,MissEmily’sfather,hadthefamilyhousebuiltintheGothicrevivalstyle.
ca.1886:
Mr.Griersondied;MissEmily’sinheritancewasonlythehouse;shewasoverthirty.
ca.1887:
HomerBarron,Northernconstructionforeman,arrived;heandMissEmilystartedcourting.
ca.1888:
HomerBarroncouldbeseennomore;thesmellinthehousewasnoticed.
1894:
TheYoungColonelSartoris,asmayorofthetown,exemptedMissEmilyfromtaxesforlife.
ca.1919:
TheYoungColoneldied.
ca.1927-1928:
ThetaxdelegationvisitedMissEmily.
ca.1929-1930:
MissEmilydiedattheageof74.
Notes:
“ca.”isshortforcirca,meaning“about”usedbeforeanapproximatedateorfigure.WemustrememberthatFaulknerisnotalwaysaccurateabouttheexacttimeofacertainevent.Thepurposeofworkingoutthischronologyistogivestudentsaroughideaofthetimeframeinwhichthestorytookplace.
StructureoftheText
PartI(Paras.1-14)
ThispartbeginswiththedeathofMissEmily,thedaughterofaneminentSouthernfamilyandindicateswhoEmilywas.
ØWhenMissEmilydied,allthepeopleinthetownwenttoherfuneral.(Para.1)
ØMissEmilylivedinabigoldhouseononeofthebeststreetsofthetown.(Para.2)
ØWhenMissEmilywasalive,theoldergenerationtreatedherasatradition,aduty,acareandasortofhereditaryobligation.Themayorremittedhertaxes.(Para.3)
ØWhenanewgenerationcamealong,itsmemberswantedhertopaytaxeslikeeveryoneelse.Adeputationvisitedher,butshefirmlydismissedthem.(Paras.4-14)
PartII(Paras.15-28)
Inthispart,thereisatimeshifttothirtyyearsbeforethevisitofthedeputation.
ØTherewasabadsmellfromMissEmily’shouse.Thatwastwoyearsafterherfather’sdeathandashorttimeafterhersweetheartdisappeared.(Para.15)
ØTheneighborscomplainedaboutthebadsmell,butthetownauthoritiesdidn’twanttoembarrassMissEmilybytellingherstraightforwardly.(Paras.16-23)
ØSo,onenight,fourmensecretivelycrossedMissEmily’slawnandsprinkledlime,andsoonafterthatthesmellwasgone.(Para.24)
ØThetownspeoplefeltsorryforMissEmilybecauseherfatherwassoproudthathedroveallhersuitorsaway,andwhenhedied,heleftheralmostnothingapartfromthehouse.(Paras.25-26)
ØThedayafterherfather’sdeath,peoplecametooffertheircondolences,butMissEmilyrefusedtolettheminthehouse,tellingthemthatherfatherwasnotdead.(Paras.27-28)
PartIII(Paras.29-42)
ItdescribeshowaconstructionforemannamedHomerBarron,aYankee,courtedMissEmilyandhowshebehavedafterhersweetheartdisappeared.
ØBecauseMissEmilywascourtingadaylaborer,aNortherner,peoplebegantopityher.(Paras.29-33)
ØOnedayMissEmilywenttothedrugstoreandboughtpoison.Whenaskedwhatitwasfor,sherefusedtoanswer.(Paras.34-42)
Ø
PartIV(Paras.43-53)
ThispartdescribesinmoredetailhowEmilyandHomerBarronwereseentogetherandwhathappenedtoEmilyafterhisdisappearance.
ØWhenpeoplesawEmilyandHomerBarrontogetherwithoutanysignsoftheirgettingmarried,theythoughtshewasprovidingabadexampletotheyoungandaskedEmily’srelativestopersuadehertogetmarried.Theywererelievedtoseethattherewerepreparationsforamarriage.(Paras.43-45)
ØHomerBarronwentawayandcameback,andwasadmittedintothehouseoneevening.Thatwaswhenhewaslastseen.(Para.46)
ØMissEmilydidnotappearonth