Date of Graduation
2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
Daniel F. Ferreras
Abstract
In spite of their linguistic and cultural differences, William Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury and Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo offer striking structural similarities when analyzed within the framework of Comparative Literature. Not only do both novels treat the same fundamental and universal themes, but they also, each in its own right, signify a rupture with a traditional literary form by altering considerably the modalities of the narrative syntagm. Particular economic and socio-historical circumstances led Faulkner and Rulfo to portray their own social reality through two similar narrative currents, Southern Gothic and the Simbolismo mágico, and a comparative study of both allows for the examination of the most significant elements they have in common.
Recommended Citation
Flores, Herlinda, "Estructuras paralelas en Pedro Páramo y The Sound and the Fury" (2004). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD). 10796.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10796