【作者】 张健堃；

【导师】 杜翠琴；

【作者基本信息】 兰州大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2011， 硕士

【摘要】 威廉·福克纳是美国二十世纪最重要的小说家之一。他的小说不仅追溯了美国南方的变迁史,而且深刻地探索了西方世界的历史变革和处在这种变革中的西方人的精神危机。创伤记忆、创伤叙事、创伤见证是福克纳作品的核心,也是创伤理论的核心。本文研究《我弥留之际》中的创伤以及创伤见证。运用创伤理论分析《我弥留之际》,说明福克纳是他的作品主人公的创伤记忆和创伤叙事的第二创伤见证。本论文共分三章。第一章论述了在历史和文化视域下,福克纳被看做是厌女主义者还是女权主义者。第二章介绍了福克纳以及福克纳身边的女性,并且论述了这些女性对福克纳写作的影响。第三章重点论述社会历史因素是我们理解福克纳小说母亲的决定因素；也是我们理解艾迪·本德仑、科拉·塔尔、杜威·德尔这三个母亲经历的决定因素。这一章还分析了生育对艾迪·本德仑造成的创伤是身体和心理的双重伤害。通过上述分析,本文作者得出以下结论。福克纳从南方历史和社会得到写作的动力,去挑战并且解构南方淑女神话。福克纳笔下的南方淑女都觉醒了,她们勇敢的挑战南方传统,摆脱身份界限。威廉·福克纳是美国二十世纪最重要的小说家之一。他的小说不仅追溯了美国南方的变迁史,而且深刻地探索了西方世界的历史变革和处在这种变革中的西方人的精神危机。创伤记忆、创伤叙事、创伤见证是福克纳作品的核心,也是创伤理论的核心。本文研究《我弥留之际》中的创伤以及创伤见证。运用创伤理论分析《我弥留之际》,说明福克纳是他的作品主人公的创伤记忆和创伤叙事的第二创伤见证。本论文共分三章。第一章论述了在历史和文化视域下,福克纳被看做是厌女主义者还是女权主义者。第二章介绍了福克纳以及福克纳身边的女性,并且论述了这些女性对福克纳写作的影响。第三章重点论述社会历史因素是我们理解福克纳小说母亲的决定因素；也是我们理解艾迪·本德仑、科拉·塔尔、杜威·德尔这三个母亲经历的决定因素。这一章还分析了生育对艾迪·本德仑造成的创伤是身体和心理的双重伤害。通过上述分析,本文作者得出以下结论。福克纳从南方历史和社会得到写作的动力,去挑战并且解构南方淑女神话。福克纳笔下的南方淑女都觉醒了,她们勇敢的挑战南方传统,摆脱身份界限。更多还原

【Abstract】 William Faulkner is one of the greatest writers in the twentieth century. In his sagas, Faulkner looks back on the history of the South, probes into the root of the destruction of Southern America and explores the spiritual crisis of the southerners and modern men.The issues of memory, testimony, and witness are central to the Faulkner cannon and to trauma theory. This thesis is a study of trauma and witness in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Reading As I Lay Dying from the perspective of trauma theory reveals Faulkner as a secondary, intellectual witness to trauma and the central characters of these works as trauma victims struggling with memories and testimonies.This thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter sets up the historical and cultural framework seeing Faulkner as a misogynist or as a feminist.The second chapter of this thesis concentrates on Faulkner himself and women around Faulkner’s influence on his writing about the Southern Myth.The following chapter concentrates on the social-historical background that is determinant for our understanding of the emergence of such a novel within the existing literature on the subject of motherhood, and for our understanding of three figures, Addie Bundren, Cora Tull and Dewey Dell’s experience as a mother. This chapter also analyze how Addie Bundren bears witness to the fact that childbearing can be both physically and psychologically painful.This thesis draws the following conclusion. Faulkner, by acquiring power from both his historical background and social discourse, challenges and deconstructs the myth of Southern ladyhood. The white Southern women in the Faulknerian world are awakening. Brave and defiant enough to walk out of the wreckage of the dead South and its code, women can dissolve the gender boundaries. William Faulkner is one of the greatest writers in the twentieth century. In his sagas, Faulkner looks back on the history of the South, probes into the root of the destruction of Southern America and explores the spiritual crisis of the southerners and modern men.The issues of memory, testimony, and witness are central to the Faulkner cannon and to trauma theory. This thesis is a study of trauma and witness in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Reading As I Lay Dying from the perspective of trauma theory reveals Faulkner as a secondary, intellectual witness to trauma and the central characters of these works as trauma victims struggling with memories and testimonies.This thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter sets up the historical and cultural framework seeing Faulkner as a misogynist or as a feminist.The second chapter of this thesis concentrates on Faulkner himself and women around Faulkner’s influence on his writing about the Southern Myth.The following chapter concentrates on the social-historical background that is determinant for our understanding of the emergence of such a novel within the existing literature on the subject of motherhood, and for our understanding of three figures, Addie Bundren, Cora Tull and Dewey Dell’s experience as a mother. This chapter also analyze how Addie Bundren bears witness to the fact that childbearing can be both physically and psychologically painful.This thesis draws the following conclusion. Faulkner, by acquiring power from both his historical background and social discourse, challenges and deconstructs the myth of Southern ladyhood. The white Southern women in the Faulknerian world are awakening. Brave and defiant enough to walk out of the wreckage of the dead South and its code, women can dissolve the gender boundaries.更多还原