William Cuthbert Faulkner Giant of the Southern Literature.

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William Cuthbert Faulkner Giant of the Southern Literature

an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature winner The Sound and the Fury (1929)The Sound and the Fury As I Lay Dying (1930)As I Lay Dying Light in August (1932)Light in August Absalom, Absalom! (1936)Absalom, Absalom!

Part One Who? Where? When? What? –A group of men (three barbers + a client + a hulking youth + another client + McLendon + a third client + a fourth client) gathered in the barber’s at a September twilight and discussed a rumor focusing on Minnie and Will Mayes.

Do the crowd believe the rumor? The White Goddess Concept –The Southern Lady – lily-white –Protection from any unpleasantness –A lady tells nothing but the truth –Never confront a lady with the lie

Part Two POV What? –Family background –Age –Personal affairs

WhoWhereWhenWhat Three Four Five

In the Barber’s Miss Minnie Cooper ( before the EVENT ) To Will Mayes Miss Minnie Cooper ( after the EVENT) At McLendon’s home action characterization conversation action characters conversation characterization

D. Minnie Cooper Minnie’s break-down (Saturday evening) Will Mayes’s lynch (night) Men’s Discussion at the Barber’s (twilight) McLendon’s home abuse (mid-night) Saturday evening in September Rumor In the course of time…

Yoknapatawpha Where did all happen? a fictional county created by Faulkner -- "my apocryphal county" based upon Lafayette County, Missi. and its county seat of Oxford located in northwestern Mississippi and its seat is the town of Jefferson

Faulkner’s Narrative Features Theme of the South: White Goddess Floating point of view / Circular form –One event is centered, with various points of view radiating from it, or different people responding to the same story. Violation of chronology The Yoknapatawpha County

Language Feature Poetic description Colloquial & Regional style Complicated sentences & vocabulary Symbolism –Twilight –Moon –Dust –Ice plant –Name

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