Bundren family

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fictional family literary character group

The Bundren family is the impoverished, dysfunctional rural clan at the center of William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."

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Bundren family canonical 6

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family ⓘ
literary character group ⓘ
appearsIn As I Lay Dying ⓘ
centralPlotEvent journey to bury Addie Bundren in Jefferson ⓘ
conflictType intrafamilial conflict ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy William Faulkner ⓘ
describedAs dysfunctional ⓘ
impoverished ⓘ
economicStatus poor tenant farmers ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1930 ⓘ
hasMember Addie Bundren ⓘ
Anse Bundren ⓘ
Cash Bundren ⓘ
Darl Bundren ⓘ
Dewey Dell Bundren ⓘ
Jewel Bundren ⓘ
Vardaman Bundren ⓘ
languageUsed Southern vernacular ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
livesIn Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
locatedNear Frenchman’s Bend ⓘ
matriarch Addie Bundren ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple first-person monologues ⓘ
notableJourneyObstacle fire at Gillespie’s barn ⓘ
flooded river crossing ⓘ
patriarch Anse Bundren ⓘ
publisherWorkAppearsIn Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith ⓘ
relatedWorkUniverse Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
setting rural American South ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
stateOfFictionalSetting Mississippi ⓘ
symbolizes burden of family obligation ⓘ
decay of traditional rural life ⓘ
themeAssociated death ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
religion and hypocrisy ⓘ
suffering ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoknapatawpha County → hasNotableFamily → Bundren family ⓘ
Cash Bundren → isMemberOf → Bundren family ⓘ
Darl Bundren → memberOf → Bundren family ⓘ
Dewey Dell Bundren → memberOf → Bundren family ⓘ
Vernon Tull → neighborOf → Bundren family ⓘ
Cora Tull → associatedWithFamily → Bundren family ⓘ