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(1897-1962)
ü -a novelist and short story writer
ü The Nobel Prize for Literature, 1949
ü The National Book Award, 1951
ü Pulitzer Prizes, 1951, 1953
ü -Most of his novels are set in the imaginary town Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha country.
In his Works:
ü Described his own region of Mississippi
ü wrote about moral decay, devastating effects of racial prejudice, the decadence of the old South, with the dissolutions of traditional values, the emergence to prominent positions in the community of people whose only value is money, suffering, dignity and the enduring fate of man
ü his main characters are: tenant farmers, business people, aristocrats, former slaves
ü through the description of a region he writes about the whole universe, human condition in general
ü had specific attitude to the idea of time- time is subjective, it only exists in every person. There’s no eternal time.
Style:
ü highly symbolic, highly descriptive
ü events are often shown through interior monologues
ü innovative in Structure: each section of the novel is told by different narrator
ü deep psychological analysis
ü stylistic experimentation
Main works:
“The Sound and the Fury”
“As I Lay Dying”
“Absalom, Absalom”
“The Hamlet”
“Intruder in the Dust”
Interior monologue – presents highly subjective view of reality. The reader must take into consideration the main traits of the narrating character.
Arthur Miller
ü a great American playwright
ü awarded the Pulitzer Prise (1949)
