Yoknapatawpha saga

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fictional universe literary cycle

The Yoknapatawpha saga is William Faulkner’s interconnected cycle of novels and stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, exploring the history, culture, and moral conflicts of the American South.

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Yoknapatawpha County saga 11
Yoknapatawpha County cycle 7
Yoknapatawpha County novels 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional universe ⓘ
literary cycle ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creatorAward Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Literature (William Faulkner, 1949)
explores conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ
legacy of slavery in the American South ⓘ
post-Civil War social change ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
hasPart Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
As I Lay Dying ⓘ
Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Go Down, Moses ⓘ
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ
Light in August ⓘ
Sanctuary ⓘ
Sartoris ⓘ
The Mansion ⓘ
The Reivers ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
The Town ⓘ
The Unvanquished ⓘ
stories in "Doctor Martino and Other Stories" ⓘ
stories in "Go Down, Moses" ⓘ
stories in "Knight’s Gambit" ⓘ
stories in "These 13" ⓘ
inspiredBy Lafayette County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySignificance central to 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme class conflict ⓘ
family legacy ⓘ
history of the American South ⓘ
memory and time ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple narrators ⓘ
nonlinear chronology ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
notableWorkWithin Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
recurringCharacter Dilsey Gibson ⓘ
Flem Snopes ⓘ
Gavin Stevens ⓘ
Quentin Compson ⓘ
Thomas Sutpen ⓘ
recurringFamily Compson family ⓘ
McCaslin family ⓘ
Sartoris family ⓘ
Snopes family ⓘ
Sutpen family ⓘ
recurringLocation Jefferson ⓘ
regionOfFictionalSetting Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
setIn Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
timeSpanOfFictionalEvents early 19th century to mid-20th century ⓘ

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Sartoris → partOfFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
As I Lay Dying → includedIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Quentin Compson → associatedWithAuthorCycle → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → partOfFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Light in August → partOfSeries → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County novels
Sanctuary → partOfSeries → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County novels
Go Down, Moses → associatedWith → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
The Hamlet → includedIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle of works by William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! → placeInSeries → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County novels
Absalom, Absalom! → includedIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
The Town → isPartOf → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Jason Compson III → universe → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Compson → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction
Compson family → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories
Compson family → locatedInFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Compson family → relatedWorkByAuthor → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga
Jefferson → locatedInWorkOfFiction → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Knight’s Gambit → partOfAuthorOeuvre → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County series
Knight’s Gambit → hasFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Sutpen family → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Sutpen family → associatedWithAuthorCycle → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Snopes family → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Sartoris family → partOf → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Bundren family → relatedWorkUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Stevens family → appearsInSeries → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Grierson family → partOf → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → mentionedIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
subject surface form: Yocona River
this entity surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → partOfFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
subject surface form: Yoknapatawpha River
Compson estate → partOfSeries → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Compson estate → relatedWorkContext → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County mythos
Narcissa Benbow → appearsInAuthorCorpus → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction
Miss Jenny Du Pre → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
Anse Bundren → relatedWork → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
Herbert Head → fictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction universe
Gavin Stevens → partOf → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Vernon Tull → partOf → Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga