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英语师范0901胡艳3091702009 WilliamFaulkner’sNobelPrizeSpeech FaulknerwontheNobelPrizeforhisnovelAsILayDyingandgavethisfamousAcceptanceSpeech.Pressedbothformoneyandfountain-headofliterary,hesetaboutcomposingthisnovel.Helandedinanawkwardsituationinwhichmaybesortoftheendoftheworldhementionedmanytimesinthespeech. Now,let’sfocusonthespeechitself,startingfromtheinventionofit.Howdidhebeginthetopicandwhydidhemakethisspeech?Doubtlessit’sanacceptancespeech.Buthe“wouldliketodothesamewiththeacclaim…standing”toinspireotherwriters,to“helpmanendurebylifting,byreminding…ofhispart”,whichmeanstoproveandwitnessthegloryandimmortalityofhumanbeings.Heusedthehighlevelofstyletomovetheaudience----commonpeopleandyoungwriters;and“he”whichismoreobjective,toleadtheaudiencetohaveself-examinationandrethinktheirbehaviors. Faulkner’slogicalthinkingisstrong.Hegaveusahintthathisspeechwouldstressonmorehiscareerthanhimself,”notmadetomeasaman,buttomywork”,andthenhesparednoeffortstoappreciatehisjobandtoencouragehisfraternitiesandfollowingsinhiswholestatement.Byusinganinterrogativesentence,heclearlyshowedhisconcernsforyoungwritersandsincerelyputforwardhissuggestions.Hethendevelopedhisspeechwithacoherentsentence“untilherelearnsthesethings…man”tofurtherhisideas. Next,let’sseetwopointshementionedinthespeech. Thefirstone:conflict.Heinsistedthatwritersshouldkeep“theproblemsofhumanheartinconflict”inmind.Whatdoes“conflict”suggest?Itmightbethecontradictionbetweencreationanddestruction,realismandidealism,optimismandpessimism.ThefiguresofdeathandtheconceptionoftheendfrequentlyappearedinFaulkner’sfictions,buthe“declinedtoaccepttheendoftheman”.This,Ithink,showshisconflictinheart.Theatmosphereofdeathheappliedtohisnovelswasthereflectionofreallife.However,hestillhadabravehearttoleaveallthesefearsanddarknessgoandobservedhimselfinwritingwithloveandhonorandpityandprideandcompassionandsacrifice. Thesecondone:thedoomsday.“Thelastding-dongofdoomhas…dyingevening”,hereheusedametaphortodescribethesceneoftheend.Ithinkmostofthedo