"Beyond Myth: Sexual Identity In ""light In August"" And Other Novels By William Faulkner (women, Narrative, Point Of View)"

This study re-evaluates standard critical interpretations of Faulkner's portrayal of female characters, using attitudes toward myth and legend suggested in A Fable to establish a scheme whereby female characters are either victims or exploiters of the archetypal feminine roles they are usually said to embody. When myths and legends are viewed, as A Fable suggests, as artificially imposed social constructs out of which humans conduct limited lives, the narrative attitude toward females becomes more sympathetic and admiring, as well as more realistic, than is often held to be the case with Faulkner.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hill, Jane Bowers

• Literature, American

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8600209

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69442