昆丁形象的文化解读

威廉·福克纳的代表作《喧嚣与骚动》中,主人公昆丁所经历的精神危机折射出历史的伤痕。南北战争以南方种植园主经济的瓦解而告终,以昆丁为代表的旧南方人沉迷于虚幻的历史却又无力改变现实,沉重的幻灭感导致他们选择遁世作为逃避,而这正是他们在当时文化背景下的一种宿命。

A cultural Analysis of Quentin

As the hero of The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner,Quentin Compson is left by the American Civil War.Being the successor of the old Southern tradition,he is indulged in its illusory history and legends.Meanwhile,he is coward and has no ability to change the reality.Under the attacks of tradition and innovation,he chooses the death to escape.Quentin's spiritual crisis reflects the mental perplexity and conflicts experienced by a group of southerners after the failure of the South in the Civil War.Such people can't really escape from the reality of the failure of the South and the innovation spiritually.