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Notes for a study of the novel ¡Absalón, Absalón! of William Faulkner

Authors

  • José Amado Díaz-Martínez Universidad de Ciego de Avila Máximo Gómez Báez
  • Laura Carabeo-Pérez Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Manuel Ascunce Domenech

Keywords:

time, narrators, comprehension of the literary text

Abstract

In this paper relevant information about life and work of William Faulkner, Nobel Prize of literatura in 1950, and some controversial issues are proposed in relation to the novel ¡Absalón, Absalón!, which may constitute a point of departure for a deep analysis of this literary work, mainly concerned with the work with time, narrators, and characters, categories that from the conception of the treatment given by the author, illustrate contemporary narrative. Thus, the objective of the current paper is to give some elements in which the literary analysis method chosen or the mixture of methods that could be used, having as the main premise a former reading and comprehension of the literary text.

References

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Cunill, Felipe. Prólogo a la novela Mientras agonizo, de W. Faulkner. Ed. Arte y Literatura. La Habana, 1978.

Eco, Umberto. Lectura del texto literario. Lector en fábula. Ed. Presencia. Coímbra, 1993.

Faulkner, William. ¡Absalón, Absalón!. Ed. Arte y Literatura. La Habana, 1990.

Prada Oropesa, Renato. La narratología hoy. Ed. Arte y Literatura. La Habana, 1990.

Published

2014-09-01

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How to Cite

Díaz-Martínez, J. A., & Carabeo-Pérez, L. . (2014). Notes for a study of the novel ¡Absalón, Absalón! of William Faulkner . Educación Y Sociedad, 12(3), 62–73. Retrieved from https://revistas.unica.cu/index.php/edusoc/article/view/2075