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- Title
THE IDEOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF THE GOD-CONCEPT IN FAULKNER'S LIGHT IN AUGUST.
- Authors
Lackey, Michael
- Abstract
The article presents a critical look at the book "Light in August," by William Faulkner. The author suggests that the book offers a view on the function of God in the inferiority of African Americans in the United States after the U.S. Civil War. An ideological perspective of the book and its characters is presented.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FAULKNER, William, 1897-1962; AUTHORS; LIGHT in August (Book : Faulkner); AFRICAN Americans in literature; RACISM in literature; GOD in literature; RACE relations; LITERARY characters; LITERARY criticism; CIVIL war; SUBORDINATION (Psychology); MODERNISM (Literary period)
- Publication
Faulkner Journal, 2005, Vol 21, Issue 1/2, p66
- ISSN
0884-2949
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/fau.2005.0004