Chapter-12-Southern-Renaissance.ppt

Chapter12SouthernRenaissance,WilliamFaulkner,SouthernRenaissance,1.TheturningpointintheCivilWarConflictbetweentheindustrialnorthandtheagrariansouthModernizednorthvs.conservativesouthLossofsoutherngloryAntebellumsociety,2.Southernwriters,AgroupofwritersroottheirworksinthesouthtofosterauniversalthemeTheyvaluesouthernlifestyleovernorthernoneandtheyarenostalgicaboutthevanishingsouthernvaluesWilliamFaulkner,KatherineAnnePorter,EudoraWelty,CarsonMcCullers,FlanneryOConnor,WilliamFaulkner,BedeeplyinfluencedbyasouthernfamilywithlongtraditionHishomethetownofOxfordoffersthemodelforhisfiction(YoknapatawphaSaga)HisprofoundknowledgeofAmericanDeepSouthHisshortexperienceinairforceBefriendedwithSherwoodAndersonNobelprizewinner,1.Hislife,2.Hismajorworks,Mosquitoes(1927)Sartoris(1929)TheSoundandtheFury(1929)AsILayDying(1930)Sanctuary(1931)LightinAugust(1932)Absalom,Absalom(1936)GoDown,Moses(1942),3.TheSoundandtheFury,HisbestworkThedownfallofCompsonFamilyFournarrators:threebrothersandtheirblackservantThefocusistheirsisterCaddyStreamofconsciousness,Itsplot,AprilSeventh,1928:ItsaboutBenjysre-memoryofhisyouth,mostlyabouthissisterCaddy.Heremembersthenighthisgrandmotherdied;Caddyclimbedatreetolookintheparlorwindows;hisunclesloveaffairs;thequarrelamongthesechildren.HealsoremembersCaddyspregnancyandmarriage.HecansmellthechangeofodorinCaddy;whensheisyoungandpureshesmellsliketreestohim,andwhenshebeginstohavesexshelostthatfragrance.WhenLusterinterruptshisrecollection,hehowls.,JuneSecond,1910:thissectionisaboutthelastdayofQuentinslife.HeistiredofhislifeinHarvardandpreparesforhissuicide.Hebreakshisclockandpackshisbelongings,thenbuystwoflatironsandcomestoalittleriversidetown.Quentinistailedbyasmallimmigrantgirlafterhehasgivenherbread.Hehelpsherhomebutisaccusedbyherbrotherofkidnappingher.Healsorunsintohisfriends,butendsupfightingwithoneofthem.HereturnstoCambridgetocleanhisclothes,thenheadsbacktothistowntodrownhimselfintheriver.ThroughoutthedayheishauntedbymemoriesofCaddy.,AprilSixth,1928:thissectionfollowsJasonsdaytodealwithQuentin,Caddysillegitimatedaughterwhoskipsschoolandsleepsaround.Atthesametimeheisdealingwiththefinancesofhislife.Hereceivesa$200checkfromCaddyforQuentinsupkeep,sohecashesthischecktomakeuphisownlossinthestockmarket,thenmakesoutafakecheckforhismothertoburn.Actually,hehasembezzledthousandsofdollarsfromCaddy,moneythatshouldhavebeenQuentins.,AprilEighth,1928:DilseytakesherfamilyandBenjytochurchandispowerfullyaffectedbythepriestssermon.Atthesametime,JasonwakestodiscoverthatQuentinhasrunawayandhastakenthemoneyhewassavinginastrongboxinhisroom,$7,000intotal.SoJasondrivesoutoftowntryingtofindherbuthiswayisblockedbythetravelingcircus.TheownerofthecircustellshimthatQuentinandherboyfriendhavelefttown.HereturnstoJackson.Attheendofthesection,LusteristakingBenjytothegraveyard.,Majorcharacters,Mr.Compsonisawell-spokenbutcynicalsoutherngentleman.HerisksthefamilyspossessiontosendQuentintoHarvard,buthisindifferencetosoutherntraditionalhonorupsetsQuentinandleadshimtosuicide.Mrs.Compsonisselfishandobsessedbyself-pity.HerroleasamotherisabsentandshetreatsBenjycruelly.,Caddy,thecorefigure,representstheobjectofobsessionforallthreeofherbrothers.Asachild,Caddyisheadstrong,butverylovingandaffectionate.ShestepsinasamotherfigureforQuentinandBenjy.ButCaddyslaterpromiscuityandherpregnancybeforemarriagebringstheshametoCompsonfamily.SherejectstheSoutherncodeandmanagestoescapefromthistragicworld.Benjy,amoaningidiot,hasnoconceptoftimeandspace,butcanimmediatelysensethebadandcorruptedthing(QuentinssuicideandCaddyslossofvirginity).Buthecandonothingaboutitforheisimpotent.,Quentinisanintelligentandsensitiveyoungmanbutsuffersfromtheburdenofrecoveringthesouthernvalues.HefallstodespairafterhefindsCaddysimpurityandhisfathersdisregardtothesouthernmorality.Heisnotamanofactionanddriventosuicideintheend.Jason,thecleverbutlovelesschildfullofmalicereceivestheonlylovefromMrs.Compsonbutherejectsallfamilialloveandromanticlove.Hisonlyobsessionistoearnmoneyandstealmoneyfromhismotherandhisniece.Ironically,hebecomestheheadofhouseafterthedeathofMr.Compson.,MissQuentingrowsupinalovelessfamilydominatedbyJason.Sheismoreheadstrongbutworldlythanhermother,butlesscompassionate.SherepeatsCaddyspromiscuity,butsheneverfeelguiltyaboutheractions.Yethereventualsuccessinrecoveringherstolenmoneyandescapingthefamilyimpliesthatherworldlinessandlackofcompunctionverymodernvaluesindeedworktoherbenefit.,However,herselflessnessandcompassionprotectthesevaluesuncorrupted.Shetreatsallofthechildrenwithloveandfairness,evenBenjy.SosherepresentstheonlyhopeforresurrectingthevaluesoftheoldSouthinapureanduncorruptedform.,Dilseyistheonlysourceofstabilityinthisfamily.ShewitnessestheCompsonsdownfall.Herlifeisbasedonthevaluesoffamily,faith,personalhonoruponwhichtheCompsonsgreatnesswasoncebuilt.,Theme,ThecorruptionofsouthernvaluesTheCivilWarandlaterindustrializationcorruptthesouthernvaluesrepresentedbyoncechivalrygentlemanandpureandfaithfullady.Thefamilyisdevoidofloveandlosesitspastglory.ResurrectionEventsinEasterDay;BenjyorDilseyasChristfigures,Symbols,WaterCleansingofsin,purification(Caddy)QuentinsWatchAgiftfromhisfather,symbolofthefamilysglory,hisobsessionwithtime,significanceofthetitle,MacbethssoliloquyinActV,scenev:“Tomorrow,andtomorrow,andtomorrowCreepsinthispettypacefromdaytodayTothelastsyllableofrecordedtime,AndallouryesterdayshavelightedfoolsThewaytodustydeath.Out,out,briefcandle.Lifesbutawalkingshadow,apoorplayerThatstrutsandfretshishouruponthestage,Andthenisheardnomore.ItisataleToldbyanidiot,fullofsoundandfury,Signifyingnothing.,4.RoseforEmily,FaulknerisambiguoustoSo