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Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury - Quentin's Narrative and Themes - Lecture 7

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Explore a 48-minute lecture from Yale University's "Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner" course, focusing on William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury." Delve into Professor Wai Chee Dimock's analysis of Quentin's stream-of-consciousness narrative compared to Benjy's subjectivity, examining stylistic parallels that reveal kinship and variation between the brothers. Investigate their relationships with black characters and reactions to Caddy's loss of innocence. Conclude with a discussion on Quentin's suicide as a response to Caddy's pregnancy. Navigate through topics including racial dynamics, semantic fields of sisterhood, and the concept of "second-hand tragedy." Note: This lecture contains graphic content and adult language that may be disturbing to some viewers.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. Kinship: Theme and Variation
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- Chapter 2. The "Tomorrow" of Race" Luster
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- Chapter 3. The "Tomorrow" of Race: The Deacon
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- Chapter 4. Benjy's Caddy, Quentin's Caddy
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- Chapter 5. "Sister" as a Semantic Field
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- Chapter 6. Conflation of Sisters
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- Chapter 7. Saint Francis and Little Sister Death
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- Chapter 8. second Hand Tragedy
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