Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" and William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury"

The article compares Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather and The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, highlighting their contrasting approaches to narrative form, time, and spiritual meaning. It argues that Cather’s novel presents a more linear, episodic, and contemplative structure, emphasizing order, faith, and continuity in the American Southwest. In contrast, Faulkner’s work is fragmented, nonlinear, and psychologically intense, portraying disintegration, moral crisis, and the collapse of traditional Southern values. The study also explores how both authors engage with religion: Cather depicts Catholic faith as a stabilizing and constructive force, while Faulkner presents a more troubled and ambiguous vision of morality and redemption. Ultimately, the article shows that although both works are modernist, they represent two divergent paths: one toward harmony and spiritual coherence, and the other toward fragmentation and existential crisis.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Skaggs, Merrill M.

Đề mục:

Comparative literature

Nhà xuất bản:

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Ngày xuất bản:

Fall 1997/Spring 1998

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Định dạng:

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Nguồn gốc:

The Faulkner Journal, Volume 13, Number 1/2, Fall 1997/Spring 1998, Pages 89-99

Liên kết:

ISSN 0884-2949

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