- 1 - A Rose for Emily
By William Faulkner
I
WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men
through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of
curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant--a
combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years.
It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with
cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the
seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton
gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only
Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton
wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had
A Rose for Emily
By William Faulkner
1 When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men
through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly
out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old
manservant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years.
2 It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with
cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the
seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and
cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that
neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and
coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps--an eyesore
among eyesores. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of
“A Rose for Emily”中译本赏析
——以杨岂深的译本为例
摘 要：A Rose for Emily 《献给埃米莉的玫瑰》讲述了美国南北战争后南方小镇-----杰弗逊镇上没落的格尔森贵族家庭中埃米莉的悲剧故事。作者威廉·卡斯伯特·福克纳（William Cuthbert Faulkner）为美国文学史上最具影响力的作家之一，美国“南方文艺复兴”时期成就最显著的南方作家和现代主义作家。以杨岂深先生的译本为例，对小说分别从忠实的标准，形似与神似的矛盾，主人公对话语言的描写三个方面进行翻译研究，有益于提高读者的文学素养，提升文学翻译实践能力。
关键词：埃米莉；译本；忠实；形似与神似；对话
Abstract: A Rose for Emily tells the tragic story of Emily Grierson, the
daughter of a noble declining family, which happened in a small southern
American town-----Jefferson after American Civil War. The author,
William Cuthbert Faulkner, is one of the most influential writers in the
American literary history, the most significant Southern writer and
modernism writer in the American "Northern Renaissance" period. This
paper is based on the version of translator Yang Qishen. Mainly discusses
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威廉.福克纳和他的《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》
摘要：福克纳把南方的历史和现实社会作为自己创作源泉而成为美国南方文学的代表。《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》通过爱米丽的爱情悲剧揭示了新旧秩序的斗争及没落贵族阶级的守旧心态，福克纳运用神秘、暗语、象征、时序颠倒等写作手法来揭示这一主题。
关键词：威廉·福克纳；献给爱米丽的玫瑰；南方小说
一、威廉·福克纳的南方情结
威廉·福克纳(William Faulkner，1897-1962)是美国文学史上久负盛名的作家之一，生于密西西比州一个在内战中失去财富和地位的没落的南方种植园家庭。福克纳的大多数作品都以美国南方为背景，强调南方主题和南方意识。在他19部长篇小说和75篇短篇小说中，绝大多数小说的故事都发生在他虚构的美国的约克纳帕塔法县(Yoknapatawpha county）和杰弗生镇。这些作品所展示的生活画卷
和人物形象构成了福克纳笔下的“约克纳帕塔法世系”。
“约克纳帕塔法世系”是以该县家族的兴衰、变迁为主题，故事所跨越的时间上起自印地安人与早期殖民者交往的岁月，止于第二次世界大战后，长约二百年。他的世系小说依南方家系人物的生活而展开，以南方浓郁的泥土气息伴随着因工业文明而带来的焦虑、惶惑、无奈，把一百多年来即从1800年到第二次世界大战之后社会发展过程中，南方人所独有的情感和心态通过独特的艺术方式展示出来，可谓一部“南方生活的史诗”。在这部史诗的字里行间，留下了作家的血与泪之痕：割不断爱恋南方古老精神的一片深情，可又抵御不了现代文明进程的必然性。正如福克纳所说：“我爱南方，也憎恨它。这里有些东西我本不喜欢。但是我生在这里，这是我的家。因此，我愿意继续维护它，即便是怀着憎恨。”这种矛盾恰好构成了福克纳情感意识及其小说世界的无穷魅力。结果，约克纳帕塔法县成了旧南方的象征，而福克纳也借此成功地表现了整个南方社会的历史和意识。
