『소리와 분노』: 반복으로서의 내러티브
The Sound and the Fury: A Narrative as Repetition
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This aims to study William Faulkner's narrative technique in The Sound and the Fury. It consists of four sections narrated by different narrators such as the Compson brothers and a third-person narrator. The notable characteristic of this work is that the same images, memories and feelings repeatedly appear in each section and alternate between sections. The Compson brothers narrate their feelings and reactions on their loss of Caddy repeatedly. The fragmented and repetitive patterns of the narratives disrupt the conventional order in the novel; nevertheless, such narrative technique produces interactions and associations among seemingly isolated sections. One of the repetitions is the Compson brothers’ repeated failure in trying to make up for the loss of Caddy, but their attempts are inevitably frustrated since she is originally an “empty center.” The last section, the so-called “Dilsey section,” compared to others, seems to be relatively objective, but it isn't omniscient. It is just one of the imperfect perspectives that cannot be seen as a conventional “real ending” of a novel. However, it is meaningful to reject to authorize an author's voice as a master narrative and exclude other local narratives, inducing readers' participation. The accumulation of fragmented narratives of this novel suggests the possibility for a reader to find out an alternative interpretation through the effect of juxtaposed narratives.
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This aims to study William Faulkner's narrative technique in The Sound and the Fury. It consists of four sections narrated by different narrators such as the Compson brothers and a third-person narrator. The notable characteristic of this work is that the same images, memories and feelings repeatedly appear in each section and alternate between sections. The Compson brothers narrate their feelings and reactions on their loss of Caddy repeatedly. The fragmented and repetitive patterns of the narratives disrupt the conventional order in the novel; nevertheless, such narrative technique produces interactions and associations among seemingly isolated sections. One of the repetitions is the Compson brothers’ repeated failure in trying to make up for the loss of Caddy, but their attempts are inevitably frustrated since she is originally an “empty center.” The last section, the so-called “Dilsey section,” compared to others, seems to be relatively objective, but it isn't omniscient. It is just one of the imperfect perspectives that cannot be seen as a conventional “real ending” of a novel. However, it is meaningful to reject to authorize an author's voice as a master narrative and exclude other local narratives, inducing readers' participation. The accumulation of fragmented narratives of this novel suggests the possibility for a reader to find out an alternative interpretation through the effect of juxtaposed narratives.
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