This document discusses various literary elements and techniques used in William Faulkner's works including symbolism of clocks/watches and animals, southern settings, multiple narrators providing different perspectives, stream-of-consciousness narrative style, characterization through direct and indirect means, and his portrayal of women as promiscuous victims often seen through men's reactions. It analyzes how these elements are employed in some of his major works like As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, and Sanctuary.

1. 1. Clocks and watches 2. Animals 3. Setting Symbolism

2. Clocks & Watches “…there is only the present moment, in which I include both the past and the future, and that is eternity.” – William Faulkner

3. Animals

4. Setting (Yoknapatawapha County)

5. Multiple narrators As I Lay Dying – 15 Provides different perspectives of the same event, adds to the ambiguity The Sound and the Fury – 4 Gives you a better view of the individual characters Sanctuary – third person omniscient Point of View

6. Stream-of-Consciousness

7. Stream-of-Consciousness Present day understanding of events Benjy as a Narrator Memories triggered from past

8. Stream of consciousness Lack of punctuation establishes tone Distinguishes between characters Syntax

9. Strong, believable characters Direct characterization Popeye from Sanctuary Indirect characterization Multiple narrators Characterization

10. TEMPLE DRAKE DEWEY DELL CADDY COMPSON Women in Faulkner’s Work - Promiscous - Victims - Mainly portrayed through men’s reactions to them