Essays about: "William Faulkner"

Found 4 essays containing the words William Faulkner.

  1. 1. Experientiality and Sensorial Gesamtkunstwerk in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Niklas Erlandsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Synaesthesia; phenomenology; sensorial aesthetics; American modernism; narratology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the semiotic experiences in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury from a reader perspective by analyzing in what ways sensorial gesamtkunstwerk is used to convey or evoke sensations that appeal to the reader on a cognitive level. Drawing from Marco Caracciolo’s theories on experientiality which operate under the assumption that an evoked feeling from a text is dependent on the reader’s familiarity with their emotions and senses, this thesis claims that the bridge between narratological (textual) experiences and the reader’s experiences in the novel is made possible through sensorial aesthetics that appeal to our sensory modalities and that operate in a gestalt fashion to form a sensorial gesamtkunstwerk. READ MORE

  3. 2. Readers’ Perceptions of Gender, Use of Stereotypes and Identification with Literary Texts : Selected South African High School Students’ Responses on “A Rose for Emily”

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Pia Österman; [2018]
    Keywords : A Rose for Emily; identification; interpretive community; group formation; Norman Holland; reader response theory; reading event; stereotypes; gender stereotypes;

    Abstract : Selected South African high school students’ perceptions of stereotypes in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” are the center of attention in an attempt to establish or refute the existence of a uniform interpretation in the interpretive community. The textual reader responses were collected by using a questionnaire. READ MORE

  4. 3. Miss Emily, Imaged as Goddess, in "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Göran Eriksson; [2011]
    Keywords : A Rose for Emily; William Faulkner; Miss Emily; Role; Godess;

    Abstract : In my essay I will discuss the role of the main character, Miss Emily, in the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. The short story was written in 1930 and takes place in the small town of Jefferson, in the south of the USA. READ MORE

  5. 4. Through a Piece of Colored Glass : An Analysis of Caddy Compson in The Sound and the Fury

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Arwen Jewell; [2008]
    Keywords : William Faulkner; The Sound and the Fury; Compson; Caddy; Benjy; Quentin; Jason; the American South; Eve; virgin mother; female sexuality; death; language; gender roles; binary categorization; women;

    Abstract : The Sound and the Fury is William Faulkner’s story of the Compson family’s downfall in the American South during the early 20th century. The novel illustrates the impact on the cultural identity of the South of strictly defined social roles and the tension they created in the aftermath of slavery and defeat in the Civil War. READ MORE