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William Faulkner and the South He lived In
William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Missippi. Faulkner knew the South well and understood the norms of the "past" that still influenced the society in which he lived in. As a novelist , Faulkner "...wrote with compassion about family, community, and the people he knew" ( http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_faulkner_1.html). In his novel novel " Sartoris," Faulkner established his legendary county of Yoknapatawpha that is based on Layfette County, Mississippi and it is here that he sets all of his novels in except three ( "Pylon," The Wild Palms," and "A Fable") Faulkner wrote about the fictious people in his surroundings and this included white aristocrats, merchants, farmers , poor whites , and persecuted blacks.
Faulkner also won two Pulitzer Prizes and the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature. He spent some time in Lousiana and there, fellow writer " Sherwood Anderson encouraged him to write about the people and places he knew, and that is why he created his fictional country, Yoknapatawpha, which is the setting for most of his works." The publication of his fourth novel " The Sound and the Fury ," Faulkner's resulted in the take off of Faulkner's career . The novel is told through the viewpoint of a retarded boy. Faulkner creates many characters who confronted racial injustices while struggling to live with dignity.
In all, Faulkner was a successful writer. He also dared to challenge the racism that existed at his time by giving dignity to all of his characters in his novels, even the black characters. He spent much of his time in Mississippi and Virgina and died in 1913.
William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Missippi. Faulkner knew the South well and understood the norms of the "past" that still influenced the society in which he lived in. As a novelist , Faulkner "...wrote with compassion about family, community, and the people he knew" ( http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_faulkner_1.html). In his novel novel " Sartoris," Faulkner established his legendary county of Yoknapatawpha that is based on Layfette County, Mississippi and it is here that he sets all of his novels in except three ( "Pylon," The Wild Palms," and "A Fable") Faulkner wrote about the fictious people in his surroundings and this included white aristocrats, merchants, farmers , poor whites , and persecuted blacks.
Faulkner also won two Pulitzer Prizes and the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature. He spent some time in Lousiana and there, fellow writer " Sherwood Anderson encouraged him to write about the people and places he knew, and that is why he created his fictional country, Yoknapatawpha, which is the setting for most of his works." The publication of his fourth novel " The Sound and the Fury ," Faulkner's resulted in the take off of Faulkner's career . The novel is told through the viewpoint of a retarded boy. Faulkner creates many characters who confronted racial injustices while struggling to live with dignity.
In all, Faulkner was a successful writer. He also dared to challenge the racism that existed at his time by giving dignity to all of his characters in his novels, even the black characters. He spent much of his time in Mississippi and Virgina and died in 1913.
