Lecture 2 on a Rose for Emily

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Warm-up

In a COHERENT paragraph, describe howand/why AMERICAN LITERATURE

reflects the events, values, fears, andheroes of a particular era in AMERICAHISTORY.



REGIONALISMand REALISM

1890 -1920 Prose



WHAT SHAPES AMERICAN

SOCIETY FROM 1860 -1915?IMMIGRATION MANI FEST DESTINYWESTWARD EXPANSION CIVIL WARASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN RECONSTRUCTION GROWING MI DDLE CLASS POVERTYINDUSTRIALIZATION DROUG HTGROWTH OF THE CITIES GOLD RUSHSPREAD OF DEMOCRACY THEODORE ROOSEVELTINCREASING LITERACY RAILROADTECHNOLOGY AUTOMOBILE

PRE-WORLD WAR I SPANISH AMERICAN WARSINKING OF TITANIC SINKING OF THE LUISITANIAINVENTION OF AIRPLANE MONROE DOCTRINE

W OW! THAT JUST NAMES A FEW .



IM PORTANT ISSUES IN LITERATURE

THE AMERICAN DREAM vs THE REALITYLOSS AND REDEM PTION SEARCHING FOR HEROES

A LOST GENERATIONPRESERVING THE PAST THE HARLEM RENAISSANCECREATING OUR FUTURE

FINDING THE INNER VOICEDEFINING AMERICAN



THANKS GO TO POE, TWAIN,

COO PER, AND THE REST .

POE T HE SHORTER SHORT STORY

TWAIN REGIONALISM, HUMOR, SATIRE

COO PER (that s JAMES FENIMORE toyou!!) AMERICAN HERO, REGIONALISM, ADVENTURE



REGIONALISM

WHAT IS REGIONALISM?

REGIONALISM REFERS TO ART S PECIFICALLY LITERATURE T HAT REFLECTS THE CULTURE, GEOGRA PHIC, AND CLIMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE

LITERATURE IS CREATED.



IN OTHER WORDS. . .

IF A STORY IS SET IN THE SOUTH, THEREADER WILL KNOW THE TALE TAKES

PLACE IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE. . . .1. THE PLACES HAVE SOUTHERN

NAMES

2. THE PEOPLE TALK LIKE SOUTH-ERNERS3. THE ISSUES ARE SOUTHERN

ISSUES



IN OTHER WORDS .

IF A STORY IS SET IN NEW YORK CITY, THEREADERW ILL KNOW THE TALE TAKES PLACEIN THE NORTH BECAUSE. . . .

1. THE PLACES HAVE NORTHERN NAMES2. THE PEOPLE TALK LIKE YANKEES-

NEW YORKERS3. THE ISSUES ARE CITY OR NEW YORK

ISSUES



LOCAL COLOR

Term applied to fiction or verse whichemphasizes its setting, being concerned with the character of a district or of anera, as marked by its customs, dialect,costumes, landscape, or other

peculiarities that have escaped standardizing cultural influences.



REGIONALISM

A trend became dominant 1860 s and early 1870 s. Regional literature has demonstrates such qualityof texture and background that it could not have

been written in any other place or by anyone elsethan a native . Local colorists concerned them withpresenting and interpreting the local character of their regions . Their ultimate aim is to create the

illusion of an indigenous little world with qualitiesthat tell it apart from the world outside .



Are there regional differences in the

U.S.?Southern LiteratureNew Jersey AccentM idwestern ArtCalifornia sunChicago PizzaCountry M usicCity Living



KEY REGIONALISTS

M ark TwainM ark TwainM ark TwainM ark Twain

William Dean HowellsWilliam Dean HowellsHenry JamesHenry JamesEdgar Lee M astersEdgar Lee M asters



Local Color

Mark Twain is known as a local colorist, who preferred to present social life through portraits of the local characters of his regions, including

people living in that area, the landscape, and other peculiarities like the customs, dialects,costumes and so on. So the rich material of hisboyhood experience on the Mississippi valley and the west became his major theme. His use of local color and historical setting to illuminatecontemporary society has served a creativeinspiration for generations of writers to come.



Other Early Regionalists

1 Bret Harte ( 1836 1902) . 2 Hamlin Garland ( 1860 1940) .

3 Edward Eggleston4 Harriet Beecher Stowe

(1811 1896 ) . .5 Sarah Orne Jewett

( 1849 1909) . .

6 Joel Chandler Harris( 1848 1908) . .

7 K ate Chopin ( 18 5 1 1904) .



WILLIAM FAULKNER

William Faulkner( 1897 -1962 )was born in NewAlbany ,M ississippi . He attended the University of M ississippi in Oxford before and after his servicein the Royal Canadian Air Force in World I. Hisliterary career began in New Orleans where hemet Sherwood Anderson , who helped him get hisfirst novel Soldier s Pay published in 1926. Thework which won Faulkner a Nobel Prize in 1950 isoften a depiction of life in his fictionalYoknapatawpha County , an imaginativereconstruction of the area adjacent to Oxford .



M ajor WorksHis major novels :The Sound and the Fury( 1929 )As I Lay Dying( 1930 )Sanctuary( 1931 )

Light in August( 1932 )Absalom , Absalom !( 1936 )The Hamlet( 1940 )His books of short stories:These Thirteen ( 1931 )

Go down , M oses( 1942 )The Collected Stories of William Fanlkner( 1950 )



A ROSE FOR EMILY

A Rose for Emily is one of Faulkner s most widely read in theAmerican classroom . M any students may find Faulkner s storydifficult to understand and appreciate because the story is nottold in chronological order . Some readers may think it is a

bizarre story about an old eccentric lady in an AmericanSouthern town . It is true that the setting of the story is theAmerican South . Yet , the theme of the story is universal , transcending the boundaries of time and space . Like manyother works of great literature , this short story tells about love ,

death , honor , pride , change , and loss .



A ROSE FOR EMILY

The story is set in the southern town of Jefferson inYoknapatawpha County ( M ississippi)Emily Grierson is the protagonist . Dominated by heraristocratic father , she has been prevented from marrying and

after his death she is left alone and penniless . One of the themes of this story is the relation of the individualand his/her actions to the past , present and future . In addition , Faulkner uses stream of consciousness.



M eaning of the TitleThe meaning of the title is ambiguous , capable of

various interpretations .

1. A rose is a cliché , symbolizing love and a pledge

of faithfulness . From the story we can see M issEmily was denied love . So , in this sense , the titlehas an ironic meaning .

2. A rose for somebody can also mean a kind of memorial , an offering , in memory of somebody .

3. A lso , make note of the name and depiction of M iss Emily. Does Faulkner s M iss Emily remindyou of another famous EMILY?



Emily Dickinson

Faulkner picked the name Emily on purpose .



Literary Devices

Flashback and foreshadowing are two often usedliterary devices that utilize time in order toproduce a desired effect . Flashbacks are used topresent action that occurs before the beginning of a story; foreshadowing creates expectation foraction that has not yet happened . Faulkner usesboth devices in A Rose for Emily.

IronySymbolism



M eaning of Tale

The plot of the story evolves around many conflicts:1. the conflicts between M r. Grierson and his daughter ,

2. the conflict between M iss Emily and Homer Barron ,

3. the conflict between M iss Emily and the community ,4. the conflict between the South and the North , 5. the conflict between M iss Emily and the established codes of

conduct , 6. and the conflict between the past and the present .



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