Reading Faulker and not really caring? I've been hearing…
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Reading Faulker and not really caring?
I've been hearing for ages about how I have to read Faulkner, he is one of a kind, etc, etc, so I finally picked up The Sound and the Fury. Disclaimer: I am still about halfway through (just finished with Quentin's part) -- no spoilers for the rest please?
Having heard people talk about Faulkner's work I know a large part of it is about this "identity crisis" of the south after the Civil War. I guess I see this manifested in the relationship between Quentin and Caddy where she represents some idealized version of the south and when it is "soiled" he spirals and cannot cope with reality. I am a fan of the novel so far, the prose is tough but interesting and rewarding. But my problem is I just can't find myself empathizing/relating to the overarching themes about "the south." I think the characters are interesting and so are the dynamics of race and class, but it feels as though I'm missing out on the southern gothic parts of the novel because I find it hard to care. To me it seems like the novel could take place in any other part of America and I wouldn't notice. I figure I have to be looking at it/approaching it wrong because everybody seems to talk so highly of southern gothic as a genre with this being a shining example of it.
Just wanted to put my thoughts out there and discuss with others. If this all gets answered in the second half of the book, then my bad lol
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I've been hearing for ages about how I have to read Faulkner, he is one of a kind, etc, etc, so I finally picked up The Sound and the Fury. Disclaimer: I am still about halfway through (just finished with Quentin's part) -- no spoilers for the rest please?
Having heard people talk about Faulkner's work I know a large part of it is about this "identity crisis" of the south after the Civil War. I guess I see this manifested in the relationship between Quentin and Caddy where she represents some idealized version of the south and when it is "soiled" he spirals and cannot cope with reality. I am a fan of the novel so far, the prose is tough but interesting and rewarding. But my problem is I just can't find myself empathizing/relating to the overarching themes about "the south." I think the characters are interesting and so are the dynamics of race and class, but it feels as though I'm missing out on the southern gothic parts of the novel because I find it hard to care. To me it seems like the novel could take place in any other part of America and I wouldn't notice. I figure I have to be looking at it/approaching it wrong because everybody seems to talk so highly of southern gothic as a genre with this being a shining example of it.
Just wanted to put my thoughts out there and discuss with others. If this all gets answered in the second half of the book, then my bad lol
#entertainment
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