William Faulkner is a great writer of the United States.He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949.He has achieved monumental achievements both in literature and philosophy.Faulkner,who was born in the 19 th century,has always paid attention to issues such as people,human nature and human happiness.He constantly permeates these philosophical thoughts into his literary creation and creates many life-like characters.Many of them are grotesque.Special image.Domestic and foreign scholars’ research on the characters in Faulkner’s works focuses on gender and ethnicity,seldom deals with abnormal characters such as physical disability and mental distortion,and lacks overall grasp and collective care of Faulkner’s works.However,the language,appearance,behavior and final outcome of these grotesque characters all reflect Faulkner’s ideology,religious outlook,and stream of consciousness.It is of great research value.This article will use grotesque as a starting point and starting point,and explore the grotesque characters in Faulkner’s works,and try to systematically and profoundly reveal Faulkner’s creative connotation and aesthetic significance.This article will be divided into three parts:The first part will explore the origin and development of grotesqueness and the understanding of grotesqueness in the works of writers of various periods.First of all,the image of the stranger has existed for a long time.However,during the romantic period,the strangers rose and went to the center of the stage.The grotesque theory has a long history,and it has developed tremendously during the period of romanticism.It has become a secret weapon for many romantic masters.The grotesque aesthetic began to develop vigorously from the romanticism,breaking the long-standing pattern of “the Four Beauties” that divided the world,enriched the aesthetic content,expanded the aesthetic vision,and also meant that people gradually moved towards aesthetic freedom.Second,in the development process of modernism,grotesque is no longer just a satire,but an aesthetic way.The grotesque is not only manifested in strange appearances and funny actions,but rises to the level of spiritual thinking.Finally,through the description of the grotesque figure of Gogol,the characteristics of the eerie character have been expanded,with the magical realism.The second part will focus on the grotesque characters in American Southern Literature,focusing on Faulkner as an example.The United States has always had the historical tradition of Gothic fiction.Through a ghastly environment,the horror of the plot has rendered the atmosphere.In the 20 th century,the horror colors in Gothic fictions gradually faded.On the contrary,the deformed characters gained important status.The South American literary writer described a group of bizarre characters and showed that at the time of the Civil War defeat,people could not accept the desolateness of the manor and lived in an alienated spiritual world in the “look back” life.In the exposition of the image of Faulkner’s bizarre people,specific example is the eccentric person with low IQ,the freaky person with strong right and desire,the weird person with strange body and the weird person with distorted spirit.They are the product of this Faulkner’s meticulous creation and have a certain representation.Through extensive text analysis,it is not difficult for us to find that although their appearance,personality and living environment are all different,they all have the common characteristics of the grotesque aesthetics of the 20 th century American South literature.The third part will discuss the connection between this group of weird people and Faulkner’s religious views and the creative techniques of the stream of consciousness,as well as the significance of the weird characters.Faulkner lives in a traditional Christian family and has been influenced by the family since childhood.The religious colors appear subtly in his works.However,in many of his works,the cuddly characters are molded by means of religious hints,so that the organic combination of the two can achieve the effect of sublimation.Faulkner Nobel’s award-winning remarks include “courage,honor,hope,pride,sympathy,sympathy,and sacrifice spirit” as his creative concept.It is not difficult to see Faulkner’s own grief Feelings of grotesque people. |