Note
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Member of
Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1983
Description
In the reading of William Faulkner's The Sound and the
Fury and As I Lay Dying, the reader's preconceived ideas
about sanity and insanity change through identification
with each character. Both novels are told from multiple
points of view. The reader's transition from one section
of the novel into the next reflects crossing a threshold
beyond which definitions of sanity must be reformulated.
This creative process, mimetic of the writer-text relationship,
leads to acceptance of all states of consciousness,
which are represented by sections of the novel, as
part of the whole. Insanity becomes the fragmen t ation
between each section, or state of consciousness, and the
whole. This fragmentation appears in characters as hate,
despair, and rage. Sanity emerges as wholeness and
integration, represented in the novel and actualized in
the reader as acceptance and love.
Fury and As I Lay Dying, the reader's preconceived ideas
about sanity and insanity change through identification
with each character. Both novels are told from multiple
points of view. The reader's transition from one section
of the novel into the next reflects crossing a threshold
beyond which definitions of sanity must be reformulated.
This creative process, mimetic of the writer-text relationship,
leads to acceptance of all states of consciousness,
which are represented by sections of the novel, as
part of the whole. Insanity becomes the fragmen t ation
between each section, or state of consciousness, and the
whole. This fragmentation appears in characters as hate,
despair, and rage. Sanity emerges as wholeness and
integration, represented in the novel and actualized in
the reader as acceptance and love.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
75 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14158
Additional Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
1983
Date Text
1983
Date Issued (EDTF)
1983
Extension
FAU
FAU
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IID
FADT14158
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Person Preferred Name
RICHARD, DIANE LYNN.
Graduate College
Physical Description
75 p.
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Title Plain
BEYOND SANITY AND INSANITY IN TWO NOVELS BY WILLIAM FAULKNER
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Origin Information
1983
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
BEYOND SANITY AND INSANITY IN TWO NOVELS BY WILLIAM FAULKNER
Other Title Info
BEYOND SANITY AND INSANITY IN TWO NOVELS BY WILLIAM FAULKNER