福克纳的短篇小说《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》是其短篇小说的代表,自问世以来一直受到人们的喜爱,并对其从不同角度加以评述。作者用象征、暗语、神秘、时序颠倒等写作手法,通过主人公爱米丽对三次冲突所采取的不同抗争手段,以及不同的结局,刻画了爱米丽这个南方旧贵族的代表,在与新势力、新思想冲突中的性格特征,揭示了新旧势力的斗争及南方没落贵族阶级的守旧心态。 Faulkner’s short story “The Rose for Emily” is the representative of his short story. Since his publication, Faulkner has been loved by many people and commented on it from different angles. By means of writing, such as symbolic, argot, mystical and time-reversal, the author uses Emmelie’s protagonist’s different means of resistance to the three conflicts and their different outcomes to portray Emily’s representative of the old southern aristocracy. , The personality traits in the new ideological conflicts, revealing the struggle between the old and new forces and the conservative mentality of the declining aristocracy in the south.