Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): Modern
Articles

Breaking the Form, Entering the Mind: Woolf, Faulkner, and the Modernist Novel

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  • Julian Caputo
"We live in a place that is not our own." --Wallace Stevens

Published 2024-04-30

Keywords

  • psychology,
  • stream of consciousness,
  • interiority,
  • World War One,
  • feminism,
  • women's lives,
  • Great Depression
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How to Cite

Caputo, J. (2024). Breaking the Form, Entering the Mind: Woolf, Faulkner, and the Modernist Novel. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 2(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/41

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Abstract

The “Modernist” movement was in part defined by a departure from traditional narrative form as well as an engagement with the burgeoning field of psychology. Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying are archetypal examples of this new Modernist style, each serving as an exploration into the fragmented realms of human consciousness as well as acting as commentary on the socio-political upheavals of the era.

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