An Analysis on the Subject of As I Lay Dying

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10.2991/iccese-19.2019.52How to use a DOI?

Keywords

William Faulkner; As I Lay Dying; title; meaning

Abstract

As I Lay Dying is one of William Faulkner’s most influential works. William Faulkner shows the lower-class people’s several qualities in the novel, and he reveals this theme through his whole writing. Generally speaking, the understanding of the novel should be started from the understanding of the title. What is the deep meaning of the novel, what connections does the title have with the author himself and what does the author want to convey through the title? This essay will elaborate the meaning from four different parts- from the superficial level, from the family level, from the social level and from the literary level. Though Addie is dead at the beginning of the story, her influence and control disappear after a really long time. Thereby, it can be said that the title "As I lay dying" is better than "After I died". In his novels, William Faulkner delivers most of his life outlook and history outlook views. In a word, the life is hard, the road is long, the future is confused, but the heart is determined. The Bundren family’s willing to send Addie’s remains to her hometown have never been shaken during their journey, which inspires us a lot.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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