SoC in the works of Faulkner

[Anonymous No.10604010]

I have a question about the usage of stream of consciousness in the novels of William Faulkner.
I've read AILD, TSatF and A,A! and especially the first two (but also the latter to a lesser extent) prominently feature this technique heavily. But I'm under the impression that his other novels (with the exception, maybe, of Light in August) are far more conventional than the aforementioned works.
So are there other novels by him in which he employs this technique a lot or is my impression correct? What's about The Snopes Trilogy for example?

[Anonymous No.10604056]

>>10604010
Stream of consciousness is babies first modernist device. You're not even scratching the surface if you still care about it

[Anonymous No.10604112]

>>10604056
Why dont you just answer my question

[Anonymous No.10604120]

>>10604112
I just did, its you who fail to recognize your own question

[Anonymous No.10604144]

>>10604010
dude looks like my boss

[Anonymous No.10604163]

>>10604010
First, let's replace "stream of consciousness" with "free indirect discourse" and try the google searches again

[Anonymous No.10604226]

>>10604010
Ignore >>10604056 this asshole.


You’re right, OP. The novels you named were really the only ones that heavily relied on this technique. There are a few spots of it in The Hamlet, but it’s certianly not the dominant mode of the novel.

There’s a case to be made that the chronological jumps in “A Rose for Emily” is SoC adjacent, though.

[Anonymous No.10604235]

>>10604226
>!Wow the book sounds like someone tinking

[Anonymous No.10604262]

>>10604010
I seem to think you may be right OP. It's been so long but I seem to recall, while a far easier read than those you mentioned, The Wild Palms as being one of my favourite experiences reading Faulkner. It was accessible mostly, but delved into the dense complex prose associated with his SoC in appropriate passages, such a great book, tells parallel storyline of unrelated characters that are conjoined thematically.

It is a sad thing that the majority of his work wasn't as ambitious as the novels you mention, it is sadder what he became in his personal life

[Anonymous No.10604326]

>>10604010
>>10604226

Yeah, those are pretty much it for stream of consciousness in Faulkner. There are other modes of unconventional writing however. For example, in Go Down Moses, a large part of the story is told through entries in an old family ledger. Also, there are some surrealist moments in Sanctuary.

[Anonymous No.10605811]

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