Stream of Consciousness in the Sound and the Fury (Published)
William Faulkner is a famous American writer and a master of stream of consciousness literature in the 20th century. His novel The Sound and the Fury undoubtedly is one of the most experimental and creative works in the history of modern literary. Faulkner fully uses the stream of consciousness, such as interior monologue, multi-perspective narration, montage, free association, unconsciousness and unlike the traditional narrative characters, he breaks the limits of time and space to let readers fully feel the variety and complexity of the flow consciousness. The Sound and the Fury is not only the first real stream of consciousness novel in American literature also is the inheritance and development of that in English literature.
Keywords: William Faulkner, stream of consciousness, the sound and the Fury
WILLIAM FAULKNER: A MAN AND A WRITER (Published)
William Faulkner (1897-1962) is one of the most formidable 20th century American Writers. He is a novelist of a great stature and is known exclusively for his narrative technique for which he has been hailed as an innovator par excellence. He uses the stream of consciousness technique in his novels. Faulkner is also an American Historian as much as he is a considered a Novelist. Although being a Novelist, it has earned him the distinction of becoming the first American Novelist to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Faulkner, a modern novelist is known for recording the American South History. His novels and Short Stories are embedded with themes that reflect the important issues such as the Civil War, Slavery and Class Conflicts, which brought the world’s attention to American doors. This paper traces the beginning stages of Faulkner’s writing and parleys on one of the important novels that he had penned during his career in writing.
Keywords: America, Novel and History, William Faulkner