The Rose Upon the Trellis: William Faulkner's Lena Grove - Paperback

The Rose Upon the Trellis: William Faulkner's Lena Grove - Paperback

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The Rose Upon the Trellis: William Faulkner's Lena Grove - Paperback

The Rose Upon the Trellis: William Faulkner's Lena Grove - Paperback

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by Diane Elizabeth Kelleher (Author)

Regarding William Faulkner's novel, Light in August, the majority of critics view Lena Grove as an insignificant character. It is the intent of this thesis to right the discourse by showing that Lena Grove is a major figure: generally, symbolically, and when considered in her role as a literary device. Generally, Lena Grove functions as an eccentric individual and a Southern folk figure; symbolically she has become a pagan fertility goddess, an "opposite equal" to Joanna Burden, and a Persephone-Kore figure. As a literary device she comprises the entity who most closely offers us a set of "horizons of expectations" closest to a straightforward linear plotline. Even when we are in the "deconstructed" phases of her plotline, that is, embroiled in the construction of one of the other three plotlines, that of Joe Christmas, Byron Bunch or Reverend Gail Hightower, we consistently think of Lena Grove and wonder where she is in her journey across the South and her journey through life. In Light in August, in her own unique manner, Lena Grove is a major figure - ever present.

Number of Pages: 126
Dimensions: 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: September 16, 2021

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