《喧哗与骚动》是福克纳第一部成熟之作,它的叙事中心是凯蒂及其女儿的堕落,凯蒂作为在作品中被他者反复诉说的中心人物,她的形象因此具有了异常丰富的内涵,成为福克纳笔下容易引起争议的众多女性形象之一。论文从文本细读出发,力图说明凯蒂的纯洁、高尚和无辜,在没落的南方世家成长起来的她,只不过是家庭、时代和命运的牺牲品。 “The Sound and the Fury” is Faulkner’s first mature work. Its narrative center is the depravity of Katie and her daughter, and as a central figure in the work being repeatedly told by the Other, her image thus has Abnormally rich connotation, as Faulkner easily controversial one of the many female images. The essay tries hard to illustrate Katie’s purity, loftiness and innocence from the text reading. She grew up in the declining family in the South only as a victim of family, age and destiny.