以女性主义解读《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》

《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》是美国著名作家威廉.福克纳最著名的短篇小说。小说女主人公爱米丽的一生悲惨、孤独、空虚,其原因是因为当时美国南方社会以男权为绝对中心,对女性的歧视、压迫和统治,以及对贵族阶层的过分要求,贵族不能像平民一样生活,不能与平民尤其是北方佬恋爱、结婚。作为女人和贵族女人的双重身份,爱米丽深受其双重统治和压迫,最后终于杀死她唯一的爱人,取得女性主体地位。

Study of A Rose for Emily: feminism

" A Rose for Emily" is the most famous short story written by the well-known American writer, William Faulkner. This paper gives a profound analysis about the social roots that lead to the tragedy of the female protagonist, Emily, who lived a miserable, lonely and empty life. One is that the American South of that time, a male-dominated society, treats women ill, dominating and oppressing them. The other is that the American South of that time was too strict to the aristocracy represented by the Griersons. They think that the aristocracy is the symbol, the tradition and the idol of the south. The aristocrats can live their life in the same way as the common people. They can't love or marry a common person, especially a Yankee. Having the dual capacity of a common woman and an aristocratic woman, Emily suffers so much so that she eventually has to murder her only lover in order to secure the female-subject position.