Faulkner

Yoknapatawpha County creator

Faulkner is a surname, most associated with William Faulkner (1897–1962), the American novelist known for dense, stream-of-consciousness prose and fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi.

His work—*The Sound and the Fury*, *As I Lay Dying*, *Absalom, Absalom!*—explores Southern history, race, and decay.

Reading Faulkner requires patience.

The name sometimes stands in for literary difficulty or Southern Gothic style.

South

Mississippi

Southern state or major river

OxfordHistoric English university town
antebellumBefore a war's start
plantationLarge-scale farming operation

Delta · Southern Gothic · Dixie · Civil War · Reconstruction · segregation · sharecropper · cotton · magnolia · kudzu

author

stream-of-consciousness

Narrative of unfiltered thought

Southern GothicRegional literature of decay
SanctuaryMonster-protecting TV drama
Go Down MosesAfrican American spiritual hymn

novelist · prose · narrative · fiction · Jefferson · interior monologue · modernist

style

complexity

State of being complicated

denseClosely packed together
layeredHaving multiple levels
labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding

convoluted · intricate · fragmented · nonlinear · experimental · ambiguity · symbolism · allegory · baroque · demanding

Nobel

laureate

Celebrated achievement recipient

StockholmSweden's seat of government
1949Mid-twentieth century year
acceptance speechRemarks after winning

recognition · distinction · honor · ceremony · medal · achievement · American literature

Faulkner

Mississippi

stream-of-consciousness

complexity

laureate

Faulkner

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