As I researched I was encouraged to follow the a few veins on which I had been considering. This novel provides an insightful glance into the South and their relationship with their roots and I hope to continue researching how this relationship has changed with time and how certain characters have tried to stop that change.
1. [online excerpt of paper found on JSTOR]
Castille, Philip D. "Dilsey's Easter Conversion in Faulkner's "the Sound and the Fury"." Studies in the Novel, vol. 24, no. 4, 1992, pp. 423-433. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/29532897.
This source included some interesting ideas that follow a similar pattern to where my thoughts on this book had originally travelled. I can use this source to support some of the key points in the novel where the Easter weekend comes into play, but then angle it towards a more broad idea in race relations during the period.
2. [online excerpt from an old newspaper found on JSTOR]
Coindreau, Maurice, and George M. Reeves. "Preface to "the Sound and the Fury"." The Mississippi Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, 1966, pp. 107-115. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26473548.
This source provides important insight into the organization of the novel itself from a reputable source. I can use this source both as an aid for myself in organizing the novel within my own mind as a secondary source to help explain the overall layout of the novel.
3. [online dissertation found on ProQuest]
Gleason, Kevin D. “Not Gone Or Vanished either”: William Faulkner's use of Memory and Imagination. Edited by Christopher Stuart., The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States -- Tennessee, 2011. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, https://search-proquest-com.erl.lib.byu.edu/docview/878894646?accountid=4488.
This source adds an interesting perspective on the novel and its use of certain techniques, particularly memories in the realm of stream-of-consciousness. I think it will provide an interesting avenue to further explore the relationship between Dilsey's family and the Compsons.
4. [online encyclopedia found on the BYU library site]
Hamblin, Robert W., and Charles A. Peek. A William Faulkner Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Conn, 1999, https://www.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/remoteauth.pl?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=77744&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
This source provides a lot of background information on Faulkner's life and a lot of interesting facts about his life being tied into his work. I think this will help me get inside of Faulkner's own mind even better. Already I have found a lot of evidence that he did not agree with the South's overall treatment of African Americans.
5. [online paper found on MUSE]
John Earl Bassett. Family Conflict in the Sound and the Fury. vol. 9, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/440598.
This source primarily focuses on the Compson family but, Dilsey and her family are integral to their plight. This source does not neglect them and I believe I can use it to examine more closely the relationship between the two groups.
The online dissertations are super helpful! With the added perspectives the dissertation gave me, I'm trying to use it to strength/shape my thesis! I think using that for new perspectives, combined with the sources you found to support your ideas, will make for a great paper. Also, it could be interesting to explore other areas of a historical approach through newspaper sources, especially ones that discuss how the novel was originally received.
ReplyDeleteIt's cool that you have a couple sources about the narrative techniques and organization of the novel. These will help with formal analysis-- it's always neat to see how much insight formalism can give us into meaning.
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