Saturday, January 7, 2023

Analyzing William Faulkner's Nobel Speech

I wrote about this speech in Faulkner's Nobel Lecture. Now, Interesting Literature has published A Summary and Analysis of William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. I will give you the conclusion, the analysis should be read. I would say it is a fuller analysis than mine, but I think we share the same spirit about this speech:

And yet it is the indomitable nature of the human spirit – our potential to be courageous, to hope for a better future, to exercise compassion for others, and to experience love – that most impresses Faulkner about the human race. And so, finally, writing is a duty: the writer’s duty is to remind readers that such things are possible and achievable.

sch 12/25/22



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