23 English eng Duvall, John N. Contributor <p data-start="246" data-end="508">The article examines how <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline" style="">Kathy Acker</span> and <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline" style="">Toni Morrison</span> engage with and reinterpret the literary legacy of <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline" style="">William Faulkner</span>, particularly his construction of masculinity in the American South. It explores whether their works should be understood as <span data-start="566" data-end="576">parody</span> (a critical, often ironic imitation) or <span data-start="617" data-end="629">pastiche</span> (a more neutral or celebratory imitation). The author argues that both Acker and Morrison do more than imitate Faulkner—they <span data-start="755" data-end="781">critically appropriate</span> his themes, narrative techniques, and representations of male authority, race, and identity.</p> The Johns Hopkins University Press Fall 1999/2000 pdf ISSN 0884-2949 Literary Studies Parody or Pastiche? Kathy Acker, Toni Morrison, and the Critical Appropriation of Faulknerian Masculinity mixed material The Johns Hopkins University Press