William Faulkner(1897-1962)is usually regarded as one of the most important American novelist s of the 20th century,who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.“A Rose for Emily”is one of Faulkner’s famou...William Faulkner(1897-1962)is usually regarded as one of the most important American novelist s of the 20th century,who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.“A Rose for Emily”is one of Faulkner’s famous short stories which applies the conventions of Gothic fiction,and it has drawn the the attention of a large number of scholars and inspired their enthusiasm of interpretation owing to its use of many experimental techniques.This article attempts to analyze the narrative techniques of“A Rose for Emily”in terms of tense,mood and voice,three concepts introduced by Gerald Genette,a distinguished French critic of structuralist narratology in his Narrative Discourse(1980).展开更多
Studies about Catch-22 have been numerous,but the study of the novel’s narrative device is scarcely found.Thus,the narrative device of Catch-22 is analyzed in terms of focalization,one of Gernard Genette's narrat...Studies about Catch-22 have been numerous,but the study of the novel’s narrative device is scarcely found.Thus,the narrative device of Catch-22 is analyzed in terms of focalization,one of Gernard Genette's narrative theories.The analysis exposes the hypocrisy and meaninglessness of the bureaucratic behaviors and policies and simultaneously emphasizes bureaucracy’s devastative and corrosive effect on people.展开更多
文摘William Faulkner(1897-1962)is usually regarded as one of the most important American novelist s of the 20th century,who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.“A Rose for Emily”is one of Faulkner’s famous short stories which applies the conventions of Gothic fiction,and it has drawn the the attention of a large number of scholars and inspired their enthusiasm of interpretation owing to its use of many experimental techniques.This article attempts to analyze the narrative techniques of“A Rose for Emily”in terms of tense,mood and voice,three concepts introduced by Gerald Genette,a distinguished French critic of structuralist narratology in his Narrative Discourse(1980).
文摘Studies about Catch-22 have been numerous,but the study of the novel’s narrative device is scarcely found.Thus,the narrative device of Catch-22 is analyzed in terms of focalization,one of Gernard Genette's narrative theories.The analysis exposes the hypocrisy and meaninglessness of the bureaucratic behaviors and policies and simultaneously emphasizes bureaucracy’s devastative and corrosive effect on people.
