WILLIAM FAULKNER

HIS LIFE

Literary movement and characteristics

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William Faulkner

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

RECONSTRUCTION

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Period between wars

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Gothic

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“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."

Development of the period between the wars and the subsequent world war I.He lived during the entire period of the crisis of the great economic depression of the twentieth century after the period between the wars.

Reconstruction of the country after the Civil war in the United States.The Civil War in the United States took place due to the controversy over slavery in the country.

One of the most important causes was Fight for freedom and citizen rights after the appearance of the Ku Klux Klan

MODERN STYLE

A large percentage considers that his literature is modernist.This is due to the large number of symbolisms that appear in his works, and the structure of mixing times in the stories.

GOTHIC STYLE

Many people consider his writing to be Gothic due to the dark themes of his works such as "A Rose for Emily."

He is a well knwon american novelist and short-story writer who was awarded in 1949 with the Nobel Prize for Literature. William faulkner was born in New Albany, U.S., 1897 and died in Oxford, 1962. During his childhood he grew up reading stories inherited from his grandfather William Clark Falkner, whom he considered one of his greatest inspirations.

Estelle oldham, William Faulkner's wife

Jill Faulkner, William Faulkner's daughter

1) He decided to put a "u" in his last name, so that it would sound more British.2) He rejected President John F. Kennedy's invitation to the Nobel Prize luncheon as it seemed like a long trip for just one meal.3) His speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize is one of the most emotional and significant according to a large number of experts, since he talks about him as a person and many of his stories that have led him to be there.

His writing began with short works until He became a screenwriter for more than fifty Hollywood films during the Great Depression.He has a total of almost 300 works, including short stories, novels and film directions.

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- His way of writing was very peculiar, since he mixed different tenses, used unconventional punctuation systems and technical words.- In his work we can see different voices of narrators, both the protagonists themselves, children or the narrator himself, he also used a large amount of alliteration and points of view.