Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions.For a long while we just stood there, looking down at the profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace,
but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him. What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the night-shirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.
What devices does the author use to narrate the story?
【正确答案】:
IN THIS STORY, FAULKNER MAKES BEST USE OF THE GOTHIC DEVICES IN NARRATION.
【题目解析】:在这篇小说里,福克纳充分利用了哥特式的叙述方法。