“I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire. . . . I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.” —from The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
威廉·福剋納(Willian Faulkner l897~1962),美國小說傢。齣生於沒落地主傢庭,第一次世界大戰時在加拿大空軍中服役,戰後曾在大學肄業一年,1925年後專門從事創作。他被西方文學界視作“現代的經典作傢”。共寫瞭19部長篇小說和70多篇短篇小說。其中絕大多數故事發生在虛構的約剋納帕塔法縣,被稱為“約剋納帕塔法世係”。這部世係主要寫該縣及傑弗遜鎮不同社會階層的若乾傢庭幾代人的故事。時間從獨立戰爭前到第二次世界大戰以後,齣場人物有600多人,其中主要人物在他的不同作品中交替齣現,實為一部多捲體的美國南方社會變遷的曆史。其最著名的作品有描寫傑弗遜鎮望族康普生傢庭的沒落及成員的精神狀態和生活遭遇的《喧嘩與騷動》(又譯《聲音與瘋狂》1929);寫安斯·本德侖偕兒子運送妻子靈柩迴傑弗遜安葬途中經曆種種磨難的《我彌留之際》(1930);寫孤兒裘·剋裏斯默斯在宗教和種族偏見的播弄、虐待下悲慘死去的《八月之光》(1932);寫一個有罪孽的莊園主塞德潘及其子女和莊園的毀滅性結局的《押沙龍,押沙龍!》(1936);寫新興資産階級弗萊姆·斯諾普斯的冷酷無情及其必然結局的《斯諾普斯三部麯》(《村子》1940,《小鎮》1957,《大宅》1959)等。
福剋納1949年獲諾貝爾文學奬。
《喧哗与骚动》中,每当Compson家长子Quentin闻见忍冬的香气,过去,现在,和将来之间的界限就模糊了,或者说,线性的,单箭头的时间,被强烈的感官记忆抹去了。取而代之的是关于妹妹Caddy的忧伤记忆,这些一小片,一小片的记忆在浓烈的植物香味里生长,扩散,最终横跨Quentin...
評分2008-01-17 Recently I've finished reading The Sound and the Fury for the second time. The first time I encountered William Faulkner and the book was in the summer of 2003. I failed in the exam of Selected Readings of British and American Literature for the...
評分《喧哗与骚动》中,每当Compson家长子Quentin闻见忍冬的香气,过去,现在,和将来之间的界限就模糊了,或者说,线性的,单箭头的时间,被强烈的感官记忆抹去了。取而代之的是关于妹妹Caddy的忧伤记忆,这些一小片,一小片的记忆在浓烈的植物香味里生长,扩散,最终横跨Quentin...
評分2008-01-17 Recently I've finished reading The Sound and the Fury for the second time. The first time I encountered William Faulkner and the book was in the summer of 2003. I failed in the exam of Selected Readings of British and American Literature for the...
評分近年来很少听到文学界像谈起一门阔亲戚那样大谈福克纳了,当“后现代”像开了闸的洪水一样疯狂涌来时,这位一生大部分时光都在美国南方乡下度过的作家就显得有些落伍和寒碜了,虽然曾几何时,他也是现代主义的顶尖人物,他对意识流手法的发展甚至超过了那位被肺病折磨了一...
A masterpiece of masterpiece, a classical work featured by the employment of modernist techniques such as stream of consciousness, a conscientious attempt to shed light on the decaying fate of the South then and a sentimental endeavor to mix philosophy, psychology, sociology and other interdisciplinary elements. Such a novel should never be forgot.
评分We endure.
评分發現瞭閱讀無標點段落和長難句的奧義:悶頭讀下去。本來作者的意圖也在於傳達主人公流動的思緒,所以我們隻要跟著流動就好瞭。不需要考慮修辭和語法之類的,因為單詞本身就帶有力量。何況對於英語不好的人來說,停下來分析句子,反而會導緻強壯的情感在間隙中溜走。以及康普生太太活脫脫一個陰影,我覺得她比傑生還可怕。她所呈現的與其說是衰敗,不如說是恐怖啊。
评分一聲嘆息
评分Southern Gothic
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