A Stylistics Analysis of “A Rose for Emily”

Li LIU

Abstract


“A Rose for Emily” is a paradigm of William Faulkner’s stories of Yoknapatawpha County. The main thrust of the paper is to apply the foregrounding theory to the analysis of this short story, and to appreciate William Faulkner’s unique features from a stylistic perspective.

The paper consists of six parts. The introduction briefly describe the incorporation of the foregrounding theory and the foregrounded features of “A Rose for Emily”. Chapter one gives the panorama of foregrounding theory, the establishment, development and important usages. Chapter two is the introduction and comment of “A Rose for Emily”. Chapter three elaborates on the quantitative deviations that are one aspect of the theory. Chapter four exemplifies the qualitative deviations that are the other aspect of the theory.

The major mission of the paper is to unravel the stylistic effect produced through foregrounding theory by means of thematic elaboration and concrete exemplifications.


Keywords


foregrounding theory, quantitative deviation, qualitative deviation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/n

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