1、Introduction of the worksof,William Faulkner,Introduce his works from two parts,The main works in his life,The sound and the fury,在这里添加标题内容,Soldiers Pay （1926） 士兵的报酬,All the novels of William Faulkner,Mosquitoes（1927 蚊群,Sartoris （1929） 沙多里斯,The Sound and the Fury （1929） 喧哗与躁动,As I Lay Dying （1930) 我
2、弥留之际,Sanctuary (1931) 圣殿,Light in August (1932) 八月之光,Pylon (1935) 塔门,4,The Unvanquished (1938) 不败者,Absalom, Absalom! (1936) 押沙龙，押沙龙,The Wild Palms （1939） 野棕榈,All the novels of William Faulkner,The Hamlet （1940） 村子,Go Down, Moses（1942） 去吧，莫西,5,Intruder in the Dust (1948) 坟墓的闯入者,All the novels of Will
3、iam Faulkner,Requiem for a Nun (1951) 修女安魂曲,A Fable (1954) 寓言,6,The Town（1957） 镇,The Mansion（1959） 大宅,The Reivers（1962） 掠夺者,All the novels of William Faulkner,7,A,Vision in Spring（1921）春景,B,C,The Marble Faun（1924）大理石牧神,This Earth, a Poem（1932）这片大地,A Green Bough（1965）绿枝,D,Mississippi Poems（1979）密西西比诗
4、歌,E,Poetry Collections of William Faulkner,The sound and the fury,William Faulkner,9,Analyze it with seven parts,1、Title,7、write style,6、Theme,5、Plot analyze,4、Character analyze,3、Overview,2、Background,About the “Title”,Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to dayTo t
5、he last syllable of recorded time,And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying n
6、othing.,Background,The Sound and the Fury is a novel written by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkners fourth novel, and was not immediately successful. In 1931, however
7、, when Faulkners sixth novel, Sanctuary, was publisheda sensationalist story, which Faulkner later claimed was written only for moneyThe Sound and the Fury also became commercially successful, and Faulkner began to receive critical attention.,Overview,The Sound and the Fury is set in Jefferson, Miss
8、issippi. The novel centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation. Over the course of the 30 years or so related in the novel, the family falls into financial ruin, loses its religious faith and the respec
9、t of the town of Jefferson, and many of them die tragically.,Character analyze,第1页,Jason Compson III,father of the Compson family, a lawyer who attended the University of the South: a nihilistic thinker and alcoholic, with cynical opinions that torment his son, Quentin.,Caroline Bascomb Compson,wife
10、 of Jason Compson III: a self-absorbed neurotic who has never shown affection for any of her children except Jason, whom she seems to like only because he takes after her side of the family. In her old age she has become an abusive hypochondriac,Quentin Compson III,the oldest Compson child: passiona
11、te and neurotic, he commits suicide as the tragic culmination of the damaging influence of his fathers nihilistic philosophy and his inability to cope with his sisters sexual promiscuity. And the novel leading up his suicide.,Character analyze,第2页,Caddy Compson,the second Compson child, strong-wille
12、d yet caring. Benjys only real caregiver and Quentins best friend. Caddy never develops a voice, but rather allows her brothers emotions towards her to develop her character.,Jason Compson IV,the bitter, racist third child who is troubled by monetary debt and sexual frustration. He works at a farmin
13、g goods store owned by a man named Earl and becomes head of the household in 1912. Has been embezzling Miss Quentins support payments for years.,Benjy Compson,he mentally disabled fourth child, who is a constant source of shame and grief for his family, especially his mother, who insisted on his nam
14、e change to Benjamin. Caddy is the only family member who shows any genuine love towards him.,Character analyze,第3页,Dilsey Gibson,the matriarch of the servant family, which includes her three childrenVersh, Frony, and T.P.and her grandchild Luster (Fronys son); they serve as Benjamins caretakers thr
15、oughout his life. An observer of the Compson familys destruction.,Miss Quentin Compson,daughter of Caddy who goes to live with the Compsons under Jason IVs care when Herbert divorces Caddy. She is very wild and promiscuous, and eventually runs away from home.,Plot,analyze,April 7, 1928,Write from Be
16、njy Compsons narrative,In 1898,their grandmother died,In 1900,benjy change of his name from Maury,In 1910,the marriage and divorce of Caddy,In 1928,Caddy has been banished from CompsonS home,June 2, 1910,Write from Quentin Compsons narrative,Remembering his familys estrangement from his sister,Caddy
17、 engages in sexual promiscuity,In 1909 Quentin leaves for harvard,Caddy become pregnant,Caddy marriage with Herbert Head,Quentin commits suicide,April 6, 1928,Write from Jason Compsons narrative,By 1928, Jason is the economic foundation of the family,Jason blackmail Caddy and become Miss Quentins so
18、le guardian,Miss Quentin, Run away from home,April 8, 1928,Write from Dilsey Gibson and Jasons narrative,April 8 1928, Dilsey takes her family and Benjy to the corlored church,Miss Quentin take Jasons hidden collection of cash and run away with a carnival worker,Luster take Benjy to the graveyard be
19、cause of Luster had a wrong way,Compson: 16991945,Appendix,The history of Compson family from 1699-1945,The fate of Caddy,22,Theme of the book,”The way to dusty death of a traditional upper class southern family,Attack snopes and slavery system,Show gratitude to his black woman servant, aunt Baar,23,Steam of consciousness（意识流）,Polyphony theory（复调理论）,multiple-perspective narrative（多角度叙述）,Write style or theory of the book,
