Themes in Light in August

"...a man's future is inherent in that man..." -Faulkner in the University. p.139 Faulkner's Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of allusions, themes, portraits, all of them uniquely important, many of them totally unrelated. In fact no 20th century writer has even approached the sheer quantity of symbolism Faulkner packed into every page, with, perhaps, the exception of James Joyce who went …

…absurdity that Faulkner finds in human life" (Satre, p.198). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Faulkner, William. Light in August. New York: Vintage Books, 1987 pp. 3- 228. Blotner, Jospeh. Faulkner in the University, Class Conferences at The University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1959 p. 139. Gold, Joseph. William Faulkner: A Study in Humanism From Metaphor to Discourse. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966 pp. 41-42 Reed, Joseph. Faulkner's Narrative. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. p. 123 Satre, Jean-Paul