短篇小说《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》是威廉·福克纳的著名作品之一,主要描述了在美国内战爆发之后,处于新旧交替时期的南方贵族小姐艾米丽复杂矛盾的内心世界以及扭曲变态的心理。父权制社会下的艾米丽无法避免最终的悲剧命运,作者通过艾米丽的爱情悲剧揭示了新旧秩序的斗争及没落贵族阶级的守旧心态。书名中的“玫瑰”一词代表着艾米丽的人生悲剧,也象征着对南方妇女的同情。 The short story “The Rose for Emily” is one of William Faulkner’s famous works. It mainly describes the inner world of complex and contradictory Miss Emily’s southern aristocrats after the American Civil War and the distorted Perverted psychology. Emily under a patriarchal society can not avoid the ultimate tragedy. The author reveals the struggle between the new order and the old one and the conservative mentality of the declining aristocracy through Emily’s love tragedy. The word “rose” in the title of the book represents the tragedy of Emily’s life and also symbolizes sympathy for women in the South.