faulkner style powerpoint

1. Clocks and watches

2. Animals

3. Setting

Symbolism

Clocks &

Watches

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

Animals

Setting (Yoknapatawapha County)

Multiple narratorsAs I Lay Dying – 15

Provides different perspectives of the same event, adds to the ambiguity

The Sound and the Fury – 4Gives you a better view of the individual characters

Sanctuary – third person omniscient

Point of View

Stream-of-Consciousness

Benjy as a Narrator

Present day understanding of events

Memories triggered from past

Stream-of-Consciousness

Stream of consciousness

Lack of punctuation establishes tone

Distinguishes between characters

Syntax

Strong, believable characters

Direct characterizationPopeye from Sanctuary

Indirect characterizationMultiple narrators

Characterization

TEMPLE DRAKE

DEWEY DELL

CADDY COMPSON

Women in Faulkner’s Work

- Promiscous- Victims- Mainly portrayed through men’s reactions to them