Postcolonial Faulkner

by H. M. Aboul-Ela

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The argument for a parallel in the social and material conditions under which both the Southern United States writer William Faulkner and post-colonial writers, particularly from Latin America and the Arab world, worked and wrote begins with the many influence studies, which observe similarities in the writings of Faulkner and the post-colonial novelist. But since these studies tend to ignore social and material conditions and instead focus on formal similarities, a different context must be co…

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The argument for a parallel in the social and material conditions under which both the Southern United States writer William Faulkner and post-colonial writers, particularly from Latin America and the Arab world, worked and wrote begins with the many influence studies, which observe similarities in the writings of Faulkner and the post-colonial novelist. But since these studies tend to ignore social and material conditions and instead focus on formal similarities, a different context must be constructed. This is provided by a comparative analysis of the dependency theory model as it developed in the Arab world, and Latin America in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 connects the discussion of economic development with the Faulkner novel by demonstrating that the post-reconstruction South has traditionally been compared to a colonial economy and by showing the relevance of this comparison for several Faulkner novels. Chapter 3 focuses on Absalom, Absalom! in demonstrating how the formal observations so popular in the influence study are also part of the South-as-colonial-economy narrative. The final chapter extends and problematizes the argument by focusing more directly on the black South through Faulkner's statements on the race question and through his literary treatment of the practice of lynching. In general, this analysis uses economic theory as a counter-point to the types of theory which pervade literary studies, even as it reverses the common paradigm of using western theoreticians in studies of post-colonial writers.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1994

Thesis Information

  • Degree:Ph.D.
  • University:The University of Texas at Austin
  • Advisor/Supervisor:W. H. Wadlington, Barbara
  • Pages:235

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1994

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  • proquest:304106613

Subjects

American literature Comparative literature eng Faulkner, William Language, literature and linguistics Latin American literature Middle Eastern literature PDF

Writers

H. M. Aboul-Ela W. H. Wadlington, Barbara

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