SIGNS OF SYMBOLISM IN NOVEL “THE SOUND AND THE FURY” BY W. FAULKNER

Аннотация

The current article is devoted to symbolism and analysis of some symbols in the novel by a prominent American writer William Faulkner “The Sound and The Fury”. The article is about the development of symbolism in the literature as well its influence on Faulkner’s works. Famous scholars’ sayings about symbolism genre were also introduced in the article. Moreover, signs of symbolism are explained in his famous work “The Sound and The Fury” by the characters of the novel. This novel is divided into four parts and each prototype has their own symbols to express their outlook, behavior and mindset. The examples from the novel help to analyze the symbolic image of the characters, events or situation happened in the work. These features and other characteristics of the symbolism are also described in this article. KEYWORDS Symbol, direction, novel, modernism, Southern literature, character, image, symbolism, style, genre, meaning