Contents capter a short Biography of William Faulkner's
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The depth of his characters and scenes is established by using the effective way of employing long and lengthy descriptions. In the works of William Faulkner, the object’s description is followed by the character’s description. The result of this the object and character as described in a similar way takes on each other’s appearance. For example, at the beginning of a short story “A Rose for Family,” William Faulkner gives a description of Grierson house as “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street.” Following the description house, Faulkner then gives the characteristic details of Miss Emily. The “heavily lightsome” description of the house parallels the description of the physical appearance of Miss Emily. For example, the skeleton of Miss Emily is small and spare, like the lightsome of the house. Moreover, the house and the woman were entirely inseparable from each other. Now both are dead. The woman is literally dead, and the house is figurative. However, in their death states, the house and the woman are described in similar ways. Miss Emily died with her gray head placed in a yellow and moldy pillow with a lack of sunlight. Likewise, the house is full of dust and shadows. The “yellow and moldy with age that lacks the sunlight” stylistically describes the house, Miss Emily, pillow, and all the ruins of the past. CONCLUSION The greatness of Faulkner lies in his style. The way Faulkner adjusts his style to fit into the subject under narration is remarkable. Faulkner can easily adapt a more conventional writing style as easily as he invented his own writing style in the form of complicated narrative techniques. For example, in “Spotted Horses,” Faulkner employed an Old Southwest humor. No matter what writing style Faulkner chooses to write, the complexity of his style parallels the complexity of his characters; therefore, it gives a unique characteristic to his writings. Although Faulkner wanted to join the United States Army, he was not accepted due to his short height and joined the British Royal Flying Corps instead. Faulkner wrote his first novel, Soldiers’ Pay in 1925. The beginning of 1920s till the outbreak of World War II was the most productive period of Faulkner’s writing career. In addition to numerous short stories, Faulkner published 13 novels. Some of his most celebrated novels include The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932),and Absalom, Absalom! (1936). Faulker’s short stories such as A Rose for Emily, Red Leaves, That Evening Sun, and Dry September have also contributed immensely to his fame. In addition to these, Faulkner also composed two volumes of poetry The Marble Faun (1924) and A Green Bough in addition to a collection of short crime fiction stories Knight’s Gambit (1949). Faulkner’s work has widely been appreciated for its experimental manner, contemporary themes and the often used stream of consciousness technique. Download 55.82 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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