The Sound and the Fury

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modernist novel novel

The Sound and the Fury is a landmark modernist novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its experimental narrative structure and stream-of-consciousness portrayal of the declining Compson family in the American South.

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The Sound and the Fury canonical 50
The Sound and the Fury (1929) 3
Dilsey section of The Sound and the Fury 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
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surface form: The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)

The Sound and the Fury (2014 film) ⓘ
adaptationType film adaptation ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
awarded Modern Library 100 Best Novels list inclusion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County cycle ⓘ
followedBy As I Lay Dying ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Caroline Compson ⓘ
Luster ⓘ
Miss Quentin ⓘ
Mr. Jason Compson III ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
literarySignificance considered one of the greatest American novels ⓘ
landmark of stream-of-consciousness technique ⓘ
mainCharacter Benjy Compson ⓘ
Caddy Compson ⓘ
Dilsey Gibson ⓘ
Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Quentin Compson ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear timeline ⓘ
shifting perspectives ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple narrators ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
precededBy Sartoris ⓘ
publicationDate 1929-10-07 ⓘ
publicationYear 1929 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith ⓘ
ranked among the top American novels of the 20th century ⓘ
sectionNarrator Benjy Compson ⓘ
Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Quentin Compson ⓘ
third-person narrator ⓘ
setting Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
structure four sections ⓘ
theme decline of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
family disintegration ⓘ
gender and sexuality ⓘ
loss and nostalgia ⓘ
race and class in the American South ⓘ
time and memory ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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