The argument will build on the insights of Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, especially the theory of the Freudian family romance.įaulkner, as critics like Richard P. It is explored how these paternal-filial power relations and conflicts work in both "layers" of the novel and how they influence each other. In this reading, the "story-weaving" of the narrators and the story woven (by them) swirl around the same conflict: the "battle" of fathers and sons. However, they also become the means of overwriting the paternal meta-narrative and endeavors of narrative self-fathering, self-begetting. This paper examines narration and storytelling in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! Narration and storytelling are a paternal legacy and a family destiny as well, which bind the son to the father and the Grandfather.
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