《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》是20世纪美国作家威廉·福克纳创作的著名短篇小说。在本篇小说中,福克纳运用了多视角叙述等现代创作手法,同时利用第三人称复数“他们”和第一人称复数“我们”来进行叙述。本文以系统功能语言学理论为基础,运用言语功能和及物性等理论分析该语篇的叙述者形象,由此来证明福克纳高超的叙事技巧。 The Rose for Emily is a famous short story by 20th century American writer William Faulkner. In this novel, Faulkner uses modern creative techniques such as multi-perspective narration and at the same time makes use of the third-person plural “their ” and first-person plural “us ”. Based on the theory of system functional linguistics, this thesis attempts to prove Faulkner’s superb narrative skills by analyzing the narrator’s image of the discourse using the theory of speech and physical properties.