The Beneficent Characters in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha Novels
Description:
In William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha novels, a group of characters exists who possess three common characteristics--a closeness to mankind, a realization of the tragedy in life, and a positive response to this tragedy. The term beneficent is used to describe the twenty individuals who possess these traits. The characters are divided into two broad categories. The first includes the white and black primitives who innately possess beneficent qualities. The term primitive describes the individual w…
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Date:
May 1978
Creator:
Bryant, Deborah N.