Psychological Analysis of Southern White People in"Dry September"and"The Sound and the Fury"——From the Perspective of Jung's Personality Theory
In"The Sound and the Fury"and"Dry September",Faulkner reviews the constantly changing history of the American South and the psychological reactions of Southerners,presenting the inner confusion and helplessness of white Southerners during the period of social transformation.The article uses the persona mask,shadow,and Anima archetype in Jung's psychoanalytic theory to analyze the psychological changes and development of Southern white men,represented by McClintone and Quentin,after the war.Through insights into the descendants of the fallen aristocracy after the war and the knightly spirit that claimed to be the"southern myth"before the war,it presents the enormous spiritual impact and psychological shock of the American Civil War on Southerners,and exposes the decadent traditions in old Southern culture that have imprisoned their thinking.
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