Faulkner
William Faulkner was born September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. When he was just a boy William and his family moved to Oxford, Mississippi. William's Hometown of Oxford became the center and inspiration of many of his works of fiction. In his novels Oxford appears as Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County. Faulkner's works recreate more then one hundred years of life in Oxford, or Jefferson. In his works of fiction Faulkner goes into detail about the relationships between rich and poor, good and evil, as well as slaves and free men (Compton's P 48). Along with his novels this essay will discuss Faulkner as a man and the contributions that he made to American literature. Also being discussed will be how various critics evaluated the works of Faulkner and the time period in which he lived and wrote. William Faulkner wrote many novels between 1926 when his first novel soldiers pay was published and 1961 when he completed his fin
It opened up a gold mine of other people, so I created a cosmos of my own. Then end of the great depression in 1939 was the end of the modernist period in American literature and Faulkner wrote about the social and political problems of that hard time of transition in American history. However it can be said that perhaps his in dept examination and passion for his novels was his greatest contribution to literature. The Modernist period marks a sort of transition from the naturalistic period to the modern or contemporary period in American literature. Much like the transitional time period in which he lived and wrote Faulkners novel's dealt with change within a certain community know as Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County. His passion for that one small area of Mississippi and his dedication to exploring its history and all the cultural aspects is inspiring. It is really remarkable when you think about it that one person could write so many novels that were about or based in the same place and make them all so different, interesting, and equally good. In this thirteen year period Faulkner accomplished more then most authors could hope to accomplish in their entire lives. " (William Faulkner) This quote explains why William Faulkner wrote only about his hometown. "I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it, and that by sublimating the actual into the apocryphal I would have complete liberty to use whatever talent I might have to it's absolute top. His dedication to writing about one distinct area and examining all the aspects of its culture have yet to be surpassed by anyone. This period is said to have "fallen between the two wars" meaning world wars one and two. So it is almost impossible to pick one of his novels and label it as his greatest contribution to American literature. One of the novels concerned with these problems was titled A light in August where a mulatto man struggles to find acceptance in the white and black communities. With all that being said it is also apparent that William Faulkner is one of the best Regionalist authors of all time.
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