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

Agency, Time, and “Dying” in Modernist Literature

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

Published 2024-04-30

Keywords

  • Faulkner,
  • Hemingway,
  • time,
  • futility,
  • meaninglessness

How to Cite

Holmwood, A. (2024). Agency, Time, and “Dying” in Modernist Literature. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 2(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/42

Copyright (c) 2024 Anna Holmwood

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Abstract

Writing in a moment fraught with change in temporal perception, William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway respond to modernity’s efforts to control and segment time. In the wake of World War I, these modernist authors categorize action as worthless and technology as no legitimate salve for feelings of meaninglessness. Through their portrayal of action against time as futile, Faulkner and Hemingway convey a bleak view of the world.

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