William Faulkner has an indestructible position in the American literary world, and it is said that the number of papers and works published each year about him is only less than Shakespeare among English-speaking writers, which shows his position in the minds of Americans. Faulkner is the most influential stream-of-consciousness writer in the history of American literature, and his masterpieces "Noise and Turmoil", "Remembrance of Watery Years" and "Ulysses" have been called "the three masterpieces of stream-of-consciousness fiction". Today, we will enjoy the ten aphorisms in the masterpiece "Noise and Turmoil" by the great American writer Faulkner, gain insight into the true connotation of the novel, and believe that you will feel something.
The writer Faulkner is a representative of American Southern literature, and his life has produced countless works, which reflect the decline of the American Southern family and the disintegration of old traditions, depict the prosperity and decline of American Southern society in the Civil War for more than a century before and after the Civil War, and at the same time dig deep into people's pain and contradictions, and discuss people's moral and religious deficiencies and prosperity. It can be said that the accumulation of all Faulkner's novels is a history of change in the American South. It is worth mentioning that most of Faulkner's novels take place in Yorkapatafah County, so later generations gave it a unique name - "York Napatafa Lineage".
Among Faulkner's many works, "Noise and Commotion" is one of the author's favorite and most widely disseminated works. Faulkner poured too much energy into writing this novel, and this novel was the only one he wrote not for publication, he wrote "Noise and Commotion" for himself, for the sake of the art of fiction. Second, "Noise and Turmoil" is the author's heartfelt words, is the author's real life perception of the world, and even he does not allow anyone to change any word in the novel, which shows how much Faulkner loves this novel, and how rigorous this novel is from the side.
When he wrote the novel "Noise and Commotion", he was in the darkest period of Faulkner's creative life. At that time, he was at the low point of his life, his works were repeatedly rejected, his marriage proposals failed, and his financial situation was so embarrassing that he could not survive. The low point of his career, the depression of emotions, he was in self-doubt, he cried out in his heart, he urgently needed a safe haven to let him forget these sorrows, and the novel "Noise and Turmoil" is the best "tool" for him to dispatch his inner emotions, and in the end he succeeded, the work became a hit, and now it is also a great work that has endured.
The story depicted in the novel "Noise and Turmoil" will not be said more, the author starts from his most familiar life, combines the familiar family story and his own growth feelings, so as to understand the society and life, and contains endless vitality. In addition, the author Faulkner uses accurate feelings to spy on his inner world, so that readers can realize that the author is a flesh-and-blood strong man and a weak person, so reading "Noise and Turmoil" is to read the author Faulkner's heart, and then taste his attitude towards life and world cognition, so this is faulkner's motivation for creating this novel.
Faulkner's novel Is composed of four separate chapters, and he firmly grasps the main line of the philosophy of time, using stream-of-consciousness expression to show the history of the decline and fall of the large southern family. He uses delicate brushwork to expose the hearts of the characters, attacks with social ethical and moral standards, and criticizes the selfishness, greed and ugliness of human nature. The stream-of-consciousness technique is extremely common in Faulkner's novel "Noise and Turmoil", and the concept of time and psychological influence in modern Western philosophy are also everywhere, especially the ability to control time, which makes his works bloom more brilliantly.
In addition, multi-angle narration is one of the main features of Faulkner's novels, and the novel "Noise and Commotion" applies this technique to the point of pure fire. He was also good at using lengthy sentences, even without any punctuation in dozens of pages, to make the text more full, of course, the lengthy sentence form was also influenced by the philosopher Bergson, the author can reflect his thoughts and perceptions more deeply through long sentences. Therefore, the multi-angle narrative method and the use of long sentences have become the charm of Faulkner's novel "Noise and Turmoil" in the form of writing.
Today, we will enjoy the ten aphorisms in Faulkner's classic "Noise and Turmoil", go into the author's heart, experience his perception of life, and believe that you will feel something.