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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1977
Description
Literature is influenced by the society in which it is
written. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner and
Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton have many similarities
because the societies which produced them have similarities.
The Old South and the Afrikaner society of South Africa
have many historical occurrences and cultural attitudes
in common, among them: former slave societies, wars
with aborigenes, an agrarian-industrial conflict in
which they were defeated, racial segregation, Calvinist
religion, and an intermingling of the past and the
present. Absalom, Absalom! and Too Late the Phalarope
have the following in common: tone, titles of despair,
character types, function of setting, qualities of
Greek tragedy, Biblical allusions and syntax. A sociological literary study may help to understand how
a society influences its literature.
written. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner and
Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton have many similarities
because the societies which produced them have similarities.
The Old South and the Afrikaner society of South Africa
have many historical occurrences and cultural attitudes
in common, among them: former slave societies, wars
with aborigenes, an agrarian-industrial conflict in
which they were defeated, racial segregation, Calvinist
religion, and an intermingling of the past and the
present. Absalom, Absalom! and Too Late the Phalarope
have the following in common: tone, titles of despair,
character types, function of setting, qualities of
Greek tragedy, Biblical allusions and syntax. A sociological literary study may help to understand how
a society influences its literature.
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65 p.
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Identifier
13850
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.
Date Backup
1977
Date Text
1977
Date Issued (EDTF)
1977
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FAU
FAU
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FADT13850
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monographic
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
BLANTON, JERRY CAIN
Graduate College
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65 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
SOUTH AFRICAN ANALOGUE TO "ABSALOM, ABSALOM|" (FAULKNER, PATON)
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Origin Information
1977
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
SOUTH AFRICAN ANALOGUE TO "ABSALOM, ABSALOM|" (FAULKNER, PATON)
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SOUTH AFRICAN ANALOGUE TO "ABSALOM, ABSALOM|" (FAULKNER, PATON)