1、The Analysis of Time Series of A Rose for Emily,2011級(jí)管基,Contents,Narrative structure Specific dates mentioned in each part The main contents of each part A contrast form Writing style Conclusion,Narrative Structure,Unlike other writers of his era. His stories is considered lack of chronological orde

2、r(時(shí)間順序）. His way of telling a story is unique. He violates all chronological sequences. This story begins with the death of Miss Emily，and ends with the discovery of Homers corpse. Between the beginning and the end of the story ,narration is about forward or backward to present the whole life of Emi

3、ly.,Specific Dates Mentioned in Each Part,Part 1 1.Miss Emily Grierson died. 2. In 1894 , the mayor-remitted her taxes. 3. The next generation, on the first of the year they mailed her a tax notice. Part 2 1. She vanquished them, just as she vanquished their fathers thirty years ago. That was two ye

4、ars after her fathers death and a short time after her sweetheart.,2.She got to be thirty and was still single, and she did not admit that her father was dead for three days. Part 3 1. She was sick for a long time. 2. The town began pave the sidewalks in the summer after her fathers death. And she m

5、et Homer Barron. 3. Over a year after they had begun to say Poor Emily, and while the two female cousins were visiting her.,Part 4 1. She had been to the jewelers and ordered a mans toilet set in silver, with the letters H. B. on each piece. Two days later she had bought a complete outfit of mens cl

6、othing, including a nightshirt. 2. Homer Barron was gone. The streets had been finished some time. 3. After another week their cousins departed. And, within three days Homer Barron was back in town.,4. And that was the last we saw of Homer Barron. And of Miss Emily for some time. 5. When we next saw

7、 Miss Emily, she had grown fat and her hair was turning gray. During the next few years it grew grayer and grayerUp to the day of her death at 74 like the hair of an active man.(part 4 6. From that time on her front door remained closed, save for a period of six or seven years, when she was about fo

8、rty, during which she gave lessons in china-painting.,7. Then the newer generation became the backbone and the spirit of the town The front door closed upon the last one and remained closed for good(永久地). 8. Daily, monthly, yearlyNow and then we would see her in one of the downstairs windows. 9. And

9、 so she died. Fell ill in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her.,The Main Contents of Each Part,Part 1 Emily died .Colonel Sartoris (the mayor) remitted Emilys taxation. And the next generation of the town asked Emily for taxation ,but failed. Part 2

10、Smell from Emilys house and the town people remove the smell. Emilys father died.,Part 3 Emilys love affair but failed .Emily bought arsenic. Part 4 Emily killed Homer Barron. Emily gave lessons in China painting. Part 5 Emily died .,From the form above, we can find that the death of Emilys father i

11、s the lowest and the the discovery of Homers corpse is the highest. Between the two points one plot goes from the present to the past, while the other goes from the past to the present. This narrative order forms a complete and closed circle.,Chronological order of the main events,A. Emilys father d

12、ied. B. Colonel Sartoris (the mayor) remitted Emilys taxation. C. Emilys love affair but failed. D. Emily bought arsenic and killed Homer Barron. E. Smell from Emilys house and the town people remove the smell. F. Emily gave lessons in China painting. G. the next generation of the town asked Emily f

13、or taxation. H. Emily died.,Narrative order of the events Q:please sort the events in narrative order.,H-B-G-E-A-C-D-F-H,Writing Style,The narrative order in the story seems to be confusing, and the events which are separated in time are dispersed(分散的) among different parts, or single event is scattered in different parts. Thus, all events narrated in non-linear seem like different segments(瓣） of an orange. - Michelsen,Faulkner violates all chronological sequences and uses a unique way of telling a