2. As I Lay Dying
Published in 1930
-The novel was drafted in six weeks while Faulkner was working
the night shift at a power plant. Faulkner says about the novel, “I
set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force (impressive
achievement). Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the
first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where
the last period would fall.”
-Set in the 1920s in a rural area in fictional Yoknapatawpha
County
3. As I Lay Dying
Acclaimed as one of Faulkner’s greatest novels
-Told in stream-of-conscious fashion by fifteen different
speakers in some 59 chapters
-Depicts a family’s quest to carry out their father’s promise to
his dying wife
-Explores the nature of grieving, community, and family
4. William Faulkner (1897-1962)
a major figure of contemporary American literature
-born in New Albany, Mississippi, but spent the majority of his
life in Oxford, Mississippi
-began writing in his early teens, and as a young man, he
produced hand-lettered and hand-illustrated books for his friends
5. William Faulkner (1897-1962)
-wrote novels and short stories combining stream of
consciousness narrative with linguistic innovations and vivid
characterization
-his works include The Sound and the Fury (1929) and As I Lay
Dying (1930)
-principle setting is Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional domain
loosely based upon places and subjects near to him in his youth
6. William Faulkner (1897-1962)
-he was a humanist, meaning that he repeatedly explored the
question of human freedom and the obstacles to it--racism,
regimentation, shame, fear, pride, and overly abstract principles
-his career lasted over three decades and he published 19 novels,
more than 80 short stories, two books of poems, and numerous
essays.
-received the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature
7. Stream Of Consciousness
in literature, technique that records the multifarious thoughts
and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument
or narrative sequence
The writer attempts by the stream of consciousness to reflect
all the forces, external and internal, influencing the psychology
of a character at a single moment.
8. Stream Of Consciousness
The technique was first employed by Édouard Dujardin (1861–
1949) in his novel Les Lauriers sont coupés (1888) and was
subsequently used by such notable writers as James Joyce,
Virginia Woolf, and William Faulkner.
The phrase “stream of consciousness” to indicate the flow of
inner experience was first used by William James in Principles of
Psychology
