Faulkner And His Image Of Mulatto

The mulatto is very popular in America. A lot of writers pay much attention to them because of their special plight, and Faulkner is a representative one. As a writer who looks on describeing The South as his duty, Faulkner cann' t neglect the Mulatto and the social problems which caused by them, and the feature of the Mulatto is very fit for some great subjects of Faulkner. The resonance of the Mulatto and Faulkner makes the image of mulattoes come to be a perfect carrier for Faulkner to express his ideal. For this reason, the study on the image of mulattoes in Faulkner' s novel is an important problem which we can not evade.The paper has three chapters except for the preface and the epilogue. Chapter one selects three characters, which are Joe Christmas, Charles Bone and Lucas Beauchamp, to differentiate and analyze them. Chapter two anatomizes Faulkner' s opinion on Race. This part has two sections. 1. A contradiction between his objecting to racialism and his gradualism on Negro' s rights. 2. Humanitarian opinion on Race. Faulkner' s opinion on Race is full of humanitarian ism. Chapter three analyses the humanitarianism of Faulkner. Faulkner is a humanitarian and the evolvement of his image of mulattoes shows the development of his humanitarianism, and the development shows in three aspects. 1. From losing himself to finding himself; 2. From conflicting with the society arrive to fitting in with the society; 3. From pessimism to optimism.In a word, Faulkner' s opinion on Race is full of humanitarianism, and the humanitarianism, which experienced a process for gradually developing, is an important peculiarity of his novel. The study on Faulkner' s image of mulattoes not only helps us to understand the great writer deeply, but also provides us some worthy suggestions.