美国最伟大的作家们一向对黑人问题深感兴趣;在他们看来,黑人问题既是一个现实问题,又具有象征意义。黑奴时期紧张的种族关系,以及南北战争以来持续不断的种族歧视和黑人为争取平等地位而进行的斗争,为作家们提供了具有美国特色的题材。然而,作为种种社会政治现实的核心而存在的对正义的追求和对人性的认识,是一个涉及全人类的普遍课题。所以,我们说,美国小说中的种族主义题材超越了在一国内提出社会抗议的界限,而对全世界的文学作出了重大贡献。为了理解福克纳对种族主义题材的处理,必须认识到,他对自己小说中的背景——南方社会是念念不忘的。本文将 The greatest writers in the United States have always been interested in the issue of blacks; in their view, the problem of blacks is both a matter of reality and symbolic. The intense ethnic relations during the slavery and the continuing racial discrimination since the Civil War and the struggle of Blacks for equal status have provided writers with themes of American character. However, the pursuit of justice and humanity that exist as the core of all kinds of social and political realities is a universal issue involving all mankind. Therefore, we say that the theme of racism in American novels transcends the limits of social protest in one country and makes a significant contribution to the world’s literature. In order to understand Faulkner’s handling of the subject of racism, he must recognize that he is obsessed with the background in his novels, the southern society. This article will