The-Sound-and-the--Fury

TheStudyon“TheSoundandtheFury”TheStudyon“TheSoundandtheFury”•1.Explanationsforthenovel'stitle•2.Storyline(thecharactersandmulti-narration)•3.Thestructureofthenovel•4.Ourreadingexperience1.Explanationsforthenovel'stitle1.1Shakespeare’sMacbeth•Tomorrowandtomorrowandtomorrow,•Creepsinthispettypacefromdaytoday•Tothelastsyllableofrecordedtime,•Andallouryesterdayshavelightedfools•Thewaytodustydeath.Out,out,briefcandle!•Life'sbutawalkingshadow,apoorplayer•Thatstrutsandfretshishouruponthestage•Andthenisheardnomore:itisatale•Toldbyanidiot,fullofsoundandfury,•Signifyingnothing.“•FromMacbeth'ssoliloquyinact5,scene51.Idiot–BenjyMotif2.Shadow–Quentin3.Timesense4.Deathordecadence1.2Personalviewpoint•“Dusk”?ThedeclinationoftheCompsonfamily•“TheSoundandtheFury”!Sound&Fury2.Storyline(thecharactersandmulti-narration)•Part1:April7,1928(Benjy)•Part2:June2,1910(Quentin)•Part3:April6,1928(Jason)•Part4:April8,1928(author)P.S.DilseyCharactersMulti-narration•afool,•asuicider,•anangryman,•andaknow-alleye•Bengy•Quentin•Jason•theomniscientview3.Thestructureofthenovel3.1Freud’sstructuralmodel•Id,Ego,andSuper-egoBengy–Super-egoQuentin–EgoJason–IdDevelopmentDecadenceNext9Next13Bengy–Super-ego•criticalandmoralisingrole•Conscience–punishesmisbehaviorwithfeelingsofguilt•E.g.CaddyandCharliekissingontheswing,Benjybeginstocryveryloudly,Caddyapologizesandwasheshermouthoutwithsoap.Quentin–Ego•Theorganisedandrealisticpart•Defensemechanisms•“undoing,suppression,dissociation,idealisation,identification,introjection,inversion,somatisation,splitting,andsubstitution”ByAnnaFreudShadow•Atleastforty-fivetimes•1.Ashadowofitspastgreatness•2.Asubtlereminderofthepassageoftime•3.Vague–Thepastglory–SuicideJason–Id•Uncoordinatedinstinctualtrends•Id“knowsnojudgementsofvalue:nogoodandevil,nomorality”FromFreud’s“NewIntroductoryLectures”(p.107)•TheinstinctofsurvivalBack3.2Timesense•Part1:April7,1928(Benjy)•Past–innocent,pure,andsmelledliketrees•Part2:June2,1910(Quentin)•Past–thewatchandtheclockQuotation•Part3:April6,1928(Jason)•Present–moneyandposition“Onceabitchalwaysabitch,whatIsay.”(Page223)•Part4:April8,1928(author)•PresentBenjytoFaulknerChildhoodtoAdulthoodInnocencetoExperience3.3Biblicaltheory3.3.1ThebiblicalmeaningofthenameBenjamin•1.Genesis:Benjamin–thelast-bornofJacob'stwelvesons•Theyoungestsoninafamily(BenjyintheCompsonfamily)2.Hebrewnamesonofmyrighthand•Mark16:19:“SothentheLordJesus,afterhehadsaidthesewordstothem,wastakenupintoheavenandtookhisseatattherighthandofGod.”•JesusChrist–thearchetypeofBenjy3.3.2Benjyvs.Jesus•Christ’scrucifixiononGoodFriday(Part3:April6,1928)•Christ'sbodylayinginthetombonHollySaturday(Part1:April7,1928)•Christ’sresurrectiononEasterSunday(Part4:April8,1928)•Quentin’sdeath,Mr.Compson’sdeath,Caddy’slossofvirginity,andthedeclineoftheCompsonfamilySimilarities•1.BornonHolySaturday•2.Thirty-three,thesameageasChristatthecrucifixion•3.Hissix-sense•4.Misunderstoodbytheearthlyauthority•5.Castratedvs.Crucified3.4TheWhite&TheBlack•Fromthedisintegrationoftheland•tothedisintegrationofthefamily,•tothedeteriorationofthesouth,•finallytotheendoftheold•ThefateoftheCompsonfamily–Thefateofthesouth•“Iamtellingthesamestoryoverandover,whichisofmyselfandoftheworld.”—WilliamFaulknerWhy?–TheWhite’spart•MrsCompson–unloving,uncaringandnegativelyinfluential•Mother–vitalforafamily•Caddy--selflesslovebutlatentrebelliousheart•Thelackingofagoodmother–Depravity•FromEurope(Mother)toAmerica(coldnessandunconcern)•Dependvs.DespiseTheBlack’spart•Dilsey•“TherewasDilseytobethefuture,tostandabovethefallenruinsofthefamilylikearuinedchimney,gaunt,patientandindomitable.”From“AnIntroductiontoTheSoundandtheFury”byFaulkner•Dilsey’sgrandson—LusterTheoldThenewconnectionDilsey4.Ourreadingexperience•“WhentheshadowofthesashappearedonthecurtainsitwasbetweensevenandeightoclockandthenIwasintimeagain,hearingthewatch.ItwasGrandfather’sandwhenFathergaveittomehesaidIgiveyouthemausoleumofallhopeanddesire;…Igiveittoyounotthatyoumayremembertime,butthatyoumightforgetitnowandthenforamomentandnotspendallyourbreathtryingtoconquerit.”（Page93-94）avoidanceofclockandshadowsRiverTimeBack