Lesson 1: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury- Introduction
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Activity 1: Introduction to Faulkner and Faulkner's South

Website Summaries 

Brief Faulkner Biography via American Memory

Faulkner was born in Mississippi in 1897 and spent most of his time in the south. He created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County which consisted of many classes and groups of Americans, and emphasizes that the past is "never dead"; he states that the past is not even past. He won two Pulitzer prizes and a Noble Prize for literature. He was encouraged to write about what he knew, especially the atmosphere of the South, and his success took off after the publication of The Sound and the Fury. 

William Faulkner on the Web via Internet Public Library - Biography

Faulkner tried to maintain his privacy despite his growing fame in the 1930's and 1940's. But after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, he became a public figure. Some essays and articles were published about him, which upset him, and he stayed secluded. 

Quote Analysis

This quote by Evan Goodwin about Faulkner shows that Faulkner uses the idea of multiple perspectives/narrators, to show the reader the true story. Often, using only one point of view for the narrator will show bias and only one "side" of the story. Faulkner uses different narrators like parts of a whole, to tell his stories and the conclusion of the story presents a total view of the story, as opposed to doing this with one narrator in which this cannot be accomplished.