• 作者： 何文敬
• 作者服務機構： 中央研究院歐美研究所
• 中文摘要： 福克納＜紅葉＞、＜一種公道＞、＜一種求愛＞和＜瞧！＞裡的女性角色向為批評家所忽略，不過這種現象並不能完全歸咎於批評家。事實上，福克納在建構約克那帕托法郡的早期歷史時，顯然未讓郡上的女性居民扮演重要角色。的確，福克納的四篇「印第安」故事都是男性／父權文本，不僅主角全是男性，而且所有的女性角色都沒有名字，也都沒有直接開口說話。身分認同的隱無與抹滅使她們形同隱形人，沒有受到批評家與讀者的注意，這群沉默的無名女性包括〈紅葉〉裡的以塞提比哈的母親、莫奇突比的母親和以塞提比哈的新婚妻子；＜一種公道＞裡的山姆·有雙父的母親；＜一種求愛〉裡的赫曼·巴斯奇的妹妹和他的姑媽；以及＜瞧！＞裡的總統夫人和法國大使夫人。再者，她們大率屬於邊配角色，皆處於不顯眼的位置。敘事者未用隻字片語描繪山姆·有雙父的母親、總統夫人以及大使夫人，對於其餘女性也只是間接而粗略地加以描述。質言之，在福克納的「印第安」世界裡，這種將女性人物邊綠化的敘述策略，在在彰顯出這些女性並不具備敘述上的真實性；由於她們位居文本的邊緣，所以少數批評家即使在討論福克納作品中的女性時，不是一筆帶過，就是略而不提。
• 英文摘要： This paper attempts to explore Faulkner's rendering of women in "Red Leaves,""A Justice," "ACourtship," and "Lo！". As these Indian tales are all masculine/patriarchal texts, women entertain very littlenarrative reality. They have virtually nothing to say, for the texts are overwhelmingly dominated by malevoices. Furthermore, while the male characters are mostly endowed with names, the female characters arecharacteristically anonymous. The list of nameless and voiceless women includes Issetibbeha's mother,Moketubbe's mother, and Issetibbeha's newest wife in "Red Leaves," Sam Fathers' mother in "A Justice,"Herman Basket's sister and Herman Basket's aunt in "A Courtship," the President's wife and the Frenchambassador's wife in "Lo！”．In addition to their ubiquitous speechlessness and anonymity, these womencharacters remain very much in the background. Moreover, if they are described at all, the description isindirect and laconic. Black women in "Red Leaves" function only as breeders to carry on the family line fromDoom through Issetibbeha to Moketubbe. While the black woman in "A Justice" is needed mainly for thecharacterization of the Ikkemotubbe after his return from New Orleans, the Indian maiden and her aunt in"A Courtship" are needed chiefly for the characterization of the Ikkemotubbe before he leaves for NewOrleans. In "Lo!”the two wives are mentioned with a view to bringing into relief what the white man believesto be "Indian" savagery. Whatever their narrative functions, these women all appear on the narrative marginand are in the tales themselves looked upon as objects of male gaze and desire. In short, so apparentlyinsignificant are they in the tales that even the few critics who have discussed Faulkner's women at any lengthhave largely ignored them..
• 中文關鍵字： 紅葉; 一種公道; 一種求愛; 瞧!; 奇加索; 恰克托
• 英文關鍵字： Red Leaves; A Justice; A Courtship; Lo!; Chickasaw; Choctaw