Abstract:

This essay gives a comprehensive and systematic review, since 1979, of the translation and introduction, the overall studies and the case studies of the short stories of William Faulkner, the Nobel Prize winner, in China. Chinese scholars have translated and published 40 of Faulkner' s 129 short stories, the studies of which have obtained considerable scholarship achievements. However, most of the short stories haven' t been translated into the Chinese and haven' t been studied in China. Compared with the studies of William Faulkner himself abroad and the studies of his novels at home, the studies of his short stories in China still lag behind both on span and depth. Therefore, Chinese scholars should reinforce the translation and introduction of Faulkner' s short stories and Faulkner research achievements from abroad, broaden the research vision and explore the new research perspective of study to provide better service for the prosperity and development of the Chinese literary culture.