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Analysis of two novels: AS I LAY DYING & THE SOUND AND THE FURY. Setting, themes, experimental use of language. Shifting points of view. Multiple narrators. Stylistic shifts to fit different perspectives. Infusion of plot with a political and social structure related to South's slave-owning past. Use of element of time in THE SOUND AND THE FURY. Use of strong female characters in AS I LAY DYING.

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"William Faulkner was one of the leading novelists of this century, and he drew upon his own town of Oxford, Mississippi for his stories, his setting, and his themes. The Civil War was the defining moment in history for the South, and the fact that the South had lived by slavery before that was an indictment of the old families of the South and a reason for the people of the new South to atone. In each novel, Faulkner infuses the story with a political and social structure related to the slave-owning past of the South and showing the effect of that past on the present. He does so in a way that is somewhat experimental in terms of his use of language particularly. Faulkner often uses shifting points of view to break up reality and to emphasize that reality is a matter of perception and is seen differently by different people. As I Lay Dying has several..."

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