The Inevitability of Murder in A Rose for Emily from the Perspective of Literary Ethics    Abstract A Rose for Emily is a famous short story written by William Faulkner, which has been massively studied from various perspectives, such as creation techniques, writing style, characterization. And there are also scholars exploring the reasons that lead to the tragic fate of Emily from the perspective of feminism, psychology, etc. But there is barely any study from the perspective of ethics. This thesis tries to make a systematic analysis on the reasons why Emily murdered Homer from the perspective of ethics. Chapter one mainly tells about the author and the work, ethics and its requirements, and the study background and significance. Chapter two is a brief introduction to the murder incident and its contribution to the theme construction of the novel. Chapter three demonstrated the ethical conflicts that prompted Emily to murder Homer from three dimensions: the relations between human-human, human-society and human-religion. By systematic and objective analyzing, the reason why Emily murdered Homer is concluded to ethical conflicts and to the old American southern traditions and values. And we can see that William Faulkner inherited the old American southern traditions in a critical way.

Keywords：literary ethics; murder; ethical literary criticism; reason

从文学伦理学角度分析《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》中谋杀的必然性

摘要《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》是威廉·福克纳的著名短篇小说，关于这篇小说的研究十分之多。有从福克纳的文学创作手法和风格上对其进行分析的，也有从女性主义、心理等角度探讨造成艾米丽悲剧命运成因的，却鲜有学者从伦理学角度来对其进行解读。本文从伦理学的角度对造成艾米丽谋杀荷默事件的原因进行了系统性的分析。开篇介绍了作者和《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》，从伦理学角度研究文学作品的意义、方法和要求。第二部分详细介绍了小说中的谋杀事件及其对小说主题的意义。第三部分着重对小说中的伦理矛盾进行分析，来解释促使艾米丽谋杀荷默的必然性的原因，主要从人与人、人与社会、人与宗教三个方面进行分析。结语总结归纳了三个方面的因素如何在促使谋杀发生中起作用。本文通过系统、客观的分析，从伦理角度总结出艾米丽谋杀荷默的原因，同时揭露了福克纳对待美国南方传统批判性继承的态度。 47300

毕业论文关键词：文学伦理学；文学伦理学批评；谋杀；原因

Content

1. Introduction 1

1.1 A brief introduction to William Faulkner and A Rose for Emily 1

1.2 Relationship between literature and ethics 2

1.2.1 Definition of ethics and requirements of ethical literary criticism 2

1.2.2 Research situation at home and abroad 3

1.2.3 The significance of the study 4

2. A brief introduction to the murder incident 5

2.1 The untold murder 5

2.2 The significance of the murder 5

3. The inevitability of the murder 7

3.1 Human-Human violation of ethics 7

3.1.1 The druggist 7

3.1.2 Colonel Sartoris 8

3.1.3 Emily’s relatives 8

3.1.4 The townspeople 8

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