William Faulkner was heavily influenced by the culture of northern Mississippi in his writings. Many of his works were set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, which resembled northern Mississippi, and featured themes of families struggling to adjust to changes brought by post-Civil War society, industrialization, and the erosion of prominent families and old customs. Racism was also explored through characters who embraced it.

1. How Mississippi’s Culture Influenced his Writings
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William Faulkner

2. A southern belle refuses to
adjust to post-Civil War
society
A Rose for
Emily

3. Fictitious
Yoknapatawpha
County resembles
Northern Mississippi

4. A courthouse with
tobacco-stained
columns likened to
Oxford
The
Hill

5. Absalom
Absalom!
Characters
fail who
embrace
racism

6. Miss
Zilphia
Gant
Pride
Romance
Desperation

7. Tragic heroes fight
new culture,
customs, and
industrialization

8. Hidden
affairs
between
masters and
slaves

9. Sartoris
The erosion of prominent
families