As I Lay Dying에 나타난 문학적 기교

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

William Faulkner was born in the Southern states of America, and there spent most of his life. The majority of his novels are set in this region. In his novels he recreated the history of the South he know well. But he wanted to write about the nature of mankind "using the only tool I knew". It is through the power of his imagination and a variety of fictional techniques that he transcends the regional limitations into the universal significance. Faulkner continued to experiment with new techniques of fiction throughout his career.
As I Lay Dying also deals with poor, white farmers in the South. The story appears simple; Addie Bundren has just died, and her family undertakes a difficult journey to a distant graveyard at Jefferson. But our immediate is the way it is told rather than the story itself.
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the striking techniques of As I Lay Dying, that is, the multiple points of view and the interior monologue. The novel is divided into fifty-nine sections, each narrated by one of the fifteen characters. Each sections, as well as relating a moment in the action, shows us the feeling, secrets and personalities of each character. As in The sound and the Fury, Faulkner uses here "stream-of-consciousness" method.
By the end of the book we know not only the details of the journey itself but also the individual personalities and interrelationships between the family. Faulkner explores and reveals to us the operations of the human mind through the series of interior monologues. And this exploration justifies the use of the characters and through the eyes of outsiders. We are exposed to so many differing viewpoints on various situations that we come to appreciate the irony of the disparity between appearance and reality.
By using these brilliant techniques Faulkner sublimated the local, peculiar situation into general. As Faulkner himself ofter referred to this book, it seems possible to speak of it as a "tour de force".

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 서 론
• 2. multiple Points of View
• 3. Interior Monologue
• 4. 결 론