Abstract William Faulkner is a famous American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Mississippi. Most of his works set in the southern America and describe the southern history for nearly 300 years. A Rose for Emily is William Faulkner’s most famous short story which is set in a fictional city, Jefferson, Mississippi. It tells the story about Emily Grierson, a traditional noble lady who was deprived of the rights to establish connections with surroundings and finally turned an abnormal woman by killing her lover and sleeping with his corpse. The story shows the multiple conflicts between the old and the new thoughts of the southern America, Emily and the town’s people. As a best short story of Faulkner, A Rose for Emily reflects Faulkner’s superb writing and narrative skills. To make a stylistic analysis of the story, the thesis will study the narrative style, the unique plot construction and symbolism employed by the author throughout the story. Based on the stylistic theory, the article is pided into three parts. First, the unique plot construction. Second, the point of view adopted in the novel. Thirdly, the symbolism used throughout the whole story. By analyzing the writing style, it will find out how his writing style contributes to the theme, and how the profound meanings are conveyed by the short story. Furthermore, the reader will get the experience of the unique charm of Faulkner’s work and writing skills. 32093
Key words:  style     plot     the point of view     symbolism
摘 要威廉•福克纳是美国著名的小说家以及1949年的诺贝尔文学奖获得者。他的作品大多以美国的南方地区为背景，讲述南方地区百年的历史和文化。《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》正是福克纳最富盛名的短篇小说，曾被多次收入短篇小说集中。小说的主人公是一位名叫爱米丽的南方贵族淑女。在被传统的礼教剥夺了与周围人自由交往的权利之后，爱米丽的心理逐渐发生变化，最终杀死了她的爱人并且与他的尸体同床共枕多年。在旁人看来是一种变态的行为。小说体现了新旧南方思想的冲突以及在旧南方思想影响下的主人公爱米丽与小镇居民的冲突。同时，小说还体现了福克纳高超的写作和叙事技巧，为本文的探讨提供了依据。论文主要从文体的角度对《献给爱米丽的玫瑰花》进行解读：语言的选择，情节建构，独特的视角和采用的象征手法。这四个方面也展现福克纳高超的小说创作技巧达到了小说形式与内容的完美统一，深化了小说的主题思想。论文的目的在于探讨福克纳的写作风格和技巧对表现小说主题的作用，探索隐含在小说中作者对南方历史的思考。同时，让读者得以领略作者高超的写作及叙事技巧。
毕业论文关键词：文体     情节     视角     象征    
Contents
Abstract    i
摘要    ii
Contents..iii
Introduction    1
Chapter One The Plot Construction    3
1.1 The Multiple Time Shifts    3
1.2 The Context of the Story    4
1.3 The Circle of the Plot    6
Chapter Two Narrative Point of View    8
2.1 The Definition of the Point of View    8
2.2 The First-Person Narrative    8
2.3 The Third-Person Narrative    9
Chapter Three Symbolism    12
3.1 Main Symbols in the Story    12
3.2 Its Contributions to the Theme    13
Conclusion    15
Works Cited    16
A Stylistic Analysis of A Rose for Emily
Introduction
Style is a combination of both contents and the literary form of an essay. The literary form must be matched with the content and vice versa. Proper literary form along with the content makes a perfect match which is inseparable. The key to arts and aesthetics also lies in this organic whole. Without a proper form, literature will be changed in its style; a sense of beauty and the artistic appeal is hence wiped out. The literary form is the ship of the content and on the earth is determined by it. Without the form, literature is merely something piled up by words. Although it may arouse the excitement of some parts in one’s heart and leave some impressions, what we need is the power to stir up a huge thrill of the whole heart and soul and make one’s inner world a new realm. A combination of the two parts will endow literature this power and attach an aesthetic value to it. 《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》文体解读:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_28515.html