Southern Attitudes Against African Americans In William Faulkner's Fiction

SOUTHERNER’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WILLIAM FAULKNER’S FICTION William Faulkner in his novels, The Sound and the Fury, The Intruder In The Dust, and Go Down, Moses written in 1929, 1948, and 1942 shows that Southerners treat African-Americans poorly not only in his fiction but as well as in history. In an attempt to create a saga of his own, Faulkner invented many characters from the historic South. He was known as a Southern American …

…Southerners are holding them down. William Faulkner contributed many ideas to the Southern history. His universal theme of the toll taken by white Southerners towards African Americans emphasized how cruel people can really be. All parts of his writing influenced readers as well as important literary writers. This writing also made it possible to view the history of the South at different perspectives. Faulkner’s novels, as a whole, contributed much to the Southern history.