Hem-Faulkner-Stoicism


Subject: Hem-Faulkner-Stoicism
From: Farrell O'gorman (fogorman@EMAIL.UNC.EDU)
Date: Fri Jul 16 1999 - 16:57:30 EDT


Re: Faulkner and Stoicism -- it seems to me that one could make the case
(and probably already has) that Mr. Compson of both the Sound and the
Fury and Absalom, Absalom is a darker version of the William
Alexander Percy/Aunt Emily brand of Southern Stoic; in the Sound and
the Fury he's something of a stoic cum nihilist and, while we're on the
subject of suicide, adds a lot to Quentin's final choice. His version of
stoicism, if we can call it that, is a far cry from Dilsey's (if we can
call hers that), and is portrayed pretty damningly by Faulkner.

Of course, Faulkner left us a lot less discursive commentary on his work
than Percy did and would be pleased to see all the confusion.

--Farrell O'Gorman



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