早在20世纪中期,艾伦泰特就指出:“没有莎士比亚,伊丽莎白时代仍然是英国文学的骄傲;福克纳对之于美国南方文学也是依然。”同莎士比亚一样,福克纳生活在有史以来变化最急剧动荡最激烈的年代;同莎士比亚一样,福克纳把握住了时代的脉搏和人性的光辉与黑暗;同莎士比亚一样,福克纳集各家之大成而独创一派。福克纳小说对西方文学主流的继承和发展最终让他登上了诺贝尔文学奖的领奖台。 As early as the mid-20th century, Allentai pointed out: “In the absence of Shakespeare, the Elizabethan era remained the pride of British literature and Faulkner was also true of Southern American literature.” Like Shakespeare, Faulkner lived Like Shakespeare, Faulkner took control of the pulse of the age and the radiance and darkness of humanity. Like Shakespeare, Faulkner brought together the great families of all genres to create their own. The succession and development of Faulkner’s novels in the mainstream of Western literature eventually led him to the podium of the Nobel Prize for Literature.