Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Department

English

School

Humanities

Abstract

Describes how William Faulkner's novel `The Sound and the Fury' explores language and its perception. Benjy's confusion of `Caddy' with `caddie'; Phoneme confusion between Caddy's full name, `Candace,' and `candles'; Reinforcing aural confusion with visual confusion; Visual confusion between Caddy and light; Biblical use of the name Candace.

Publication Title

Explicator

Volume

52

Issue

2

First Page

104

Last Page

106

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