Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Technical University of Darmstadt, language: English, abstract: William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" is considered "one of the greatest Modernist] novels of the 20th century" (Churchwell), but what exactly qualifies it as such? To answer this question I will start by looking at what Modernism can be defined or classified as which means looking at its historical background as well as stylistic and thematic characteristics. After having done so I will examine Faulkner's text...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, Note: 1,0, Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Institut fur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Melancholy, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In a review for the Washington Post, Ron Charles describes Eowyn Ivey's first novel "The Snow Child" as "a captivating mix of melancholy and whimsy" (Charles), but what exactly qualifies it as a representative of melancholic literature? To answer this question I will start by looking at what melancholy has been defined as throughout the centuries, which means looking at the...