An Acoustic Community: Soundscapes and Community Building in The Sound and the Fury
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Keywords

Faulkner
Acoustic community
Soundscape
The Sound and the Fury

DOI

10.26689/ssr.v4i2.3631

Submitted : 2022-03-23
Accepted : 2022-04-07
Published : 2022-04-22

Abstract

Among the thematic researches on the late William Faulkner, the auditory exploitation of various points has been on the forefront of attention and increasingly generative. In delving into the question of hearing of, Sarah Gleeson-White and John T. Mathews have respectively tapped into the auditory experiments in Absalom, Absalom! and As I Lay Dying. The distinct Faulknerian sonic qualities, however, could actually be pushed back to The Sound and the Fury. Hearkened to properly combine the acoustic that could be built upon the orchestration of the sounds from the previous cacophony. Based on the overall acoustic, an inclusive community is built.

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