1. A Rose for Emily
In my analysis of Faulkner's story, I will give several different interpretations written by different writers. ... Judith Fetterley's theory is the last analysis that I will explain. ... Judith Fetterley's analysis seems the most viable to me. ... "William Faulkner's literary legacy." 21 Sept. 1997. ...
Therefore, the analysis of this story is going to be focused toward a biographical and historical approach. According to "A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature: Fourth Edition", the Historical-Biographical approach: "...sees a literary work chiefly, if not exclusively, as a reflection of the author's life and times or the life and times of the characters in the work" (Guerin, 22). ...
Theme Descriptions of As I Lay Dying William Faulkner portrays all of his themes in the actual human drama of the South, where William Faulkner grew up. Since the death of Addie Bundren, her family is affected in a way that allows them to question and analyze who they really are. In As I Lay Dying...