@article{oai:kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006936,
 author = {平野, 温美},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {人間科学研究},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, There are some noticeable horses in Faulkner's fiction such as Jewel Bundren's horse, the thoroughbred in A Fable and the wild ponies in “Spotted Horses.” The ones that appear in horse trading are also hard to forget. Horses are particularly significant when we see them in terms of the sexual distinction of characters and the social and private lives of male characters in particular, since only men are allowed access to the animals. Faulkner seems to suggest that the strong desire for catching and controlling wild horses is a kind of disease peculiar only to men. It is well known that Faulkner himself enjoyed being with horses all through his life. He associates his first helping out in his father’s livery stable as a young boy with the idea of escaping female influence in the household. Horses in Faulkner's fiction signify masculine power. Only strong men and men of action ride a horse. We can see the examples in Jewel Bundren and his wild horse or Jack Houston and his murderous stallion. Masculinity includes men's ruling and controlling power in a household and the authoritative power to exert over the community. Horses thus reflect the social distinction of relating male characters. Powerful men like John Sartoris or Thomas Sutpen ride fine horses while the poor and the weak like Mink Snopes or Wash Jones must walk for miles or else ask for a ride. Neither losers nor talkative men like Quentin ride a horse. In the patriarchal world of Faulkner women and horses alike are the subjects of control and sway by men and are sometimes interchangeable in their roles. It is, therefore, not surprising if Sutpen innocently compares Milly with a mare. Those who cannot control horses may also be unable to control women and may harm the women they are closely related to, mainly their wives. There is a special affinity between men and horses from which women are altogether excluded. Young boys may reach manhood through mastering horsemanship or winning a horserace. A strong man galloping a fine horse can be the apotheosis of male characters in Faulkner's world. Some fancy that perfect riders attain immortality. Aspiration may also take a form of a vision of a man riding off the Earth into heaven. Horses are involved with the homo-social relationship of male society. On the other hand women are often the embodiments of nature, female sexuality, childbirth, or everyday practicality, all of which are meant to be earthbounf. Presenting contrast with femininity,horse symbolize men's desire to break free from the confinement of the practical and mortal life of women and pursue the ideal immortal world embraced only by men.},
 pages = {1--18},
 title = {フォークナー作品の馬と男と女},
 year = {2005}
}