达尔的桶，卡什的棺材，和一个流氓河原木:木材的性质，我躺在垂死

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MFS-Modern Fiction Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1353/mfs.2023.a899926

Andrew Bishop

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摘要:本文通过对《当我临终时》中发现的三件木制物品——达尔的雪松桶、卡什的棺材和一根河原木的分析，探讨了福克纳如何拒绝将木制物品简单地描绘为人类使用或交换的物品。相反，福克纳给物体赋予了新唯物主义者所谓的“物力”。这种物的力量使人们对人类量化和控制能力的信心变得复杂——这种信心是卡什所表现出来的，也是进步时代科学林业支持者所表现出来的。最终，调查表明福克纳的环保主义更接近于最近的新唯物主义，而不是传统的自然欣赏。

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Darl’s Bucket, Cash’s Casket, and a Rogue River-Log: The Nature of Wood in As I Lay Dying

Abstract:Through an analysis of three wooden things found in As I Lay Dying—Darl’s cedar bucket, Cash’s casket, and a river-log—this essay explores how Faulkner refuses to represent wooden objects as simply objects of human use or exchange. Rather, Faulkner invests objects with what new materialists have called “thing-power.” This thing-power complicates faith in human powers of quantification and control—faith that is exhibited by Cash and that was exhibited by Progressive-Era proponents of scientific forestry. Ultimately, the investigation suggests that Faulkner’s environmentalism is more akin to recent new materialisms than to conventional nature appreciation.

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期刊介绍： Modern Fiction Studies publishes engaging articles on prominent works of modern and contemporary fiction. Emphasizing historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches, the journal encourages a dialogue between fiction and theory, publishing work that offers new theoretical insights, clarity of style, and completeness of argument. Modern Fiction Studies alternates general issues dealing with a wide range of texts with special issues focused on single topics or individual writers.