William Faulkner, Light in August instead of As I Lay Dying... Light in August doesn’t get as much attention as The Sound and the Fury or As I Lay Dying, but if you remember being assigned either of those works and finding them to be a bit over your head, then Light in August is a way to return to Faulkner with a bit more of a straightforward style and slightly less stream of consciousness. But you aren’t settling for a sub par Faulkner by any means, as the book is still set in his iconic Yoknapatawpha County, Miss., explores social issues in the American South, and has been ranked one of the best English language novels of all time by the Modern Library and Time magazine.What do you think? Because he doesn’t rely solely on stream of conscious narrative to tell this story and instead employs aspects of oral tradition, the book is a bit easier to understand from the first read than some of Faulkner’s more famous books, which can be a bit much for someone of high school age to take in. Light in August follows the pregnant, delusional Lena as she searches for the man who knocked her up and deserted her as well as the conflicted racist Joe Christmas, who is an orphan and thinks he could have African American ancestry. Faulkner uses Southern dialect as the characters tell their perspective of the novel’s events. If you want a good introduction to Faulkner and the Southern Gothic genre, Light in August is a way to go that will allow you to ease your way in rather than jump into stream of conscious headfirst. Read more: wallstcheatsheet/entertainment/10-better-books-by-the-authors-you-read-in-school.html
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:14:56 +0000
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