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The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury. by William Faulkner published 1929. What is Macbeth ’ s view of life?. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

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The Sound and the Fury

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  1. The Sound and the Fury • by William Faulkner • published 1929

  2. What is Macbeth’s view of life? • Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow • Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, • To the last syllable of recorded time; • And all our yesterdays have lighted fools • The way to dusty death! Out, out brief candle! • Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player • That struts and frets his hour upon the stage • And then is heard no more. It is a tale • Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, • Signifying nothing. (V: v, 19-28)

  3. Biography • Born 1897, New Albany, Mississippi • Moved to Oxford at age 5 • The Sound & the Fury, fourth novel • 1949, Nobel Prize for Literature • 1955, National Book Award & Pulitzer

  4. Nobel Prize Speech • “man will not merely endure; he will prevail....he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet’s, the writer’s duty is to write about these things.”

  5. Setting • Yoknapatawpha County, fictional (northern Mississippi) • Grace & tradition of rural life • Impact of Civil War & economic shifts • Loss & disillusionment of the Depression & World Wars

  6. The Compsons • Mr. (Jason) and Mrs. (Caroline Bascomb) Compson • Maury Bascomb: Caroline’s brother • Damuddy • Quentin (there are both male and female Quentins) • Caddy • Jason • Benjy

  7. Dilsey’s Family • Dilsey + Roskus • Children: Versh, TP, Frony • Grandson Luster (Frony’s child) • Versh = Benjy is a child • TP = Benjy is an adolescent • Luster = Benjy is an adult

  8. Structure • Four Days: April 7, 1928; June 2, 1910; April 6, 1928; April 8, 1928 (note order) • First 3 sections interior monologues / stream-of-consciousness of Compson children: Benjy, Quentin, and Jason • Fourth section third person omniscient • All explore a central scene with Caddy

  9. Techniques • Experimentation with point of view • Symbols • Interior monologue / stream-of-consciousness • Experimentation with language, punctuation, capitalization

  10. Theme Topics • Time • Family: Love, honor, tradition • Time • Order vs. chaos (madness) • Time

  11. Modernism • WW I to 1960’s • Move beyond Romanticism, Victorian, Realism • Examination of the inner self (psychological) • Fragmentation of life; cynical, pessimistic, bitter • Multiple points of view • Kafka, Huxley, Conrad, Hemingway

  12. Interior Monologue • Technique for presenting stream-of-consciousness • Record of internal, emotional experience • Images used to represent emotions • Appears to be illogical • Direct (character) or indirect (author)

  13. Stream-of-Consciousness Novel NovelA • Assumes that existence lies in mental-emotional processes (not outside world) • This life is disjointed & illogical • Pattern of free association & shifting sequence of thought / feeling • Product of Freudian psychology

  14. Apology • All the above is oversimplification • Don’t believe it • Read for yourself • Caddy is the key. Is there any way to know her?

  15. Dilsey Day 1 • Welcome back! • New calendar • “Stressed for Success?” article • Share responses • read opening and closing paragraphs • Narrative rewards?

  16. Dilsey Day 2 • Listen to Jason audio lecture- questions/comments? • Control • Listen to Dilsey audio lecture- questions/comments? • Time/Past/Present • Where is Caddy?? • Chronology / structure • Review/MWDS/quotes/characters/etc

  17. Dilsey Day 3 • Final Sound and the Fury discussion • Work on practice essay question

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