William Faulkner

#1 Iridescence

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Posted 07 February 2006 - 06:46 PM

William Faulkner, considered one of the many great authors of the twentieth century, his stories truly do tell a powerful meaning. I have read only one book of his, which is As I Lay Dying. Currently I own that book, The Sound and the Fury, and Light in August. I chose William Faulkner to do my Great Authors Project on. So.. have any of you read The Sound and the Fury or Light in August? I'm debating on which of the books I should read to include in my report.

Also.. feel free to discuss about William Faulkner. I don't know much people that do know about his works for some reason.

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Posted 10 February 2006 - 08:58 PM

Hi, wow, since no one replied...I'd be glad to be the first, don't know if you're still around. I'm actually not a fan of his, but I've read his story from my literature book. "A Rose For Emily" is very good, he had a very twisted ending there in that short story and his story is so freaking hard to read lol or it was because our first time reading it that was why it was hard since we barely even paid attention. Our teacher analyzed the story so well that I love the story even though it's a rather sickening ending!

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Posted 11 February 2006 - 07:41 AM

I always planned on reading William Faulkner's novels, but I never got around doing it.

His acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize was really inspiring. I read the transcript sometimes just to get motivated to write something for my creative writing class. But yeah, I read 'Rose For Emily' back in the days, but I should really read his other novels.

He was a great writer. I never understood why him and Ernest Hemingway were considered rivals.

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Posted 11 February 2006 - 09:50 AM

QUOTE(idyllic @ Feb 11 2006, 10:41 AM)

Hemingway & Faulkner were rivals? I thought it was just Hemingway & Fitzgerald.

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 09:00 PM

My uncle is an English Lit professor at a Korean university - he always teaches Faulkner - he did he phd paper on him.

I'm thinking about picking up some of his books at the local library.

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 09:21 PM

I HATED "As I Lay Dying"
I guess I'm just too stupid to comprehend material of that sort. T_T
But no denying that he's a great writer.

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#7 Iridescence

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Posted 13 May 2006 - 12:00 AM

^ Yeah... I wasn't too fond of As I Lay Dying either.

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Posted 13 May 2006 - 12:48 AM

I just read As I Lay Dying for my English class last month haha, finally! I know...It actually wasn't all that bad once I got used to Vardaman's chapters. Thank goodness for Darl though, else I wouldn't have survived. Just imagine what you'd be reading if the ENTIRE book was narrated by Vardaman. We'd all be in trouble. Mhm. Anyways, I have a much greater appreciation for Faulkner now. We all have the habit of complaining about novels that initially appear impossible, and I have to admit I was like that too. I would whine and say "Oh god...As I Die Reading!" Hahaha, well I'm glad I got a chance to work on the book some. It's worthwhile.