As They Lay Dying: Rural Depopulation and Social Dislocation as a Structure of Feeling

The article argues that William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying reflects broader patterns of rural depopulation and social dislocation in the American South during the early twentieth century. Faulkner’s narrative is interpreted as an allegory of the struggles of small rural families facing economic, cultural, and spatial upheaval as modernization and migration reshape Southern society. Through the Bundren family’s difficult journey to bury their mother in another town, the novel captures both the emotional experience (“structure of feeling”) and the material impacts of rural decline, including loss of traditional lifestyles, weakening community ties, and the psychological strain of displacement.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Lester, Cheryl

Đề mục:

Literary criticism

Nhà xuất bản:

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Ngày xuất bản:

Fall 2005/Spring2006

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Định dạng:

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Nguồn gốc:

The Faulkner Journal, Volume 21, Number 1/2, Fall 2005/spring 2006, Pages 28-50,167

Liên kết:

ISSN 0884-2949

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As They Lay Dying: Rural Depopulation and Social Dislocation as a Structure of Feeling

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