《八月之光》是美国著名作家威廉·福克纳最长的一部长篇小说,也是他最重要和被广泛研究的小说之一。小说的主题在于探索内战之后美国南方社会的种族问题,主人公克里斯默斯形象难以把握,他的种族身份模糊不清,在行为和思想上体现出众多的矛盾性。通过运用弗洛伊德精神分析理论,着重研究主人公克里斯默斯的俄狄浦斯情结,挖掘其悲剧根源,深入探讨福克纳的种族观。 The Light of August is the longest novel by the famous American writer William Faulkner and one of his most important and widely studied novels. The theme of the novel is to explore the racial problems in the southern American society after the Civil War. The image of Christopher, the protagonist, is difficult to grasp. His ethnocentric identity is ambiguous, manifesting numerous contradictions in his behavior and thoughts. Through the use of Freud psychoanalytic theory, the writer focuses on the Oedipus complex of the protagonist Chrissy, excavates the root causes of his tragedy, and probes into Faulkner’s concept of race.