Before you Read... The Sound and the Fury! by William Faulkner - Book Summary, Analysis, Review

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Let's kick off our In-Depth series on "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. We're going to be talking about the different narrators, what you need to know about the book before reading, and some of the themes that will be explored. Our goal is to arm you with information that could help you get more out of your reading.

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Table of Contents:
0:00 Introductions
1:55 Publication Info
4:30 Biographical Elements
5:37 Yoknapatawpha Reading Order
7:21 Why the Text is Important?
10:08 Faulkner Warnings
11:58 Narrative Consciousness
18:18 Major Themes
21:37 Road Ahead

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1:55 Publication Info
4:30 Biographical Elements
5:37 Yoknapatawpha Reading Order
7:21 Why the Text is Important?
10:08 Faulkner Warnings
11:58 Narrative Consciousness
18:18 Major Themes
21:37 Road Ahead

[rbrinks]

I just finished chapter 1 and felt lost. I’m glad I found this video!

[hesterdunlop]

Shout out to you both ! From a total Faulkner newbie to a Faulkner Fan girl in one month, all down to this great deep dive into TSATF . Thank you !

[Krishicher]

I read the novel for American literature class in high school. I am glad to hear that you described Dilsy as the conscience because that is what I wrote as my thesis. Watching this video today made me realize how much more I could have learned from reading Faulkner.

[Manfred-njvz]

These Faulkner videos are truly amazing. They've helped me greatly as I was reading 'Absalom, Absalom!' and now I feel lucky to watch one video at the time of the series 'The Sound and the Fury' as I read the novel for the first time, since a new translation into Greek has been just published. This is the fourth Greek translation of the novel since 1974. Faulkner had always his reading public in Greece.

[rocknroll]

Thank you so much for these videos. Just finished Chapter 1 and my head is spinning. Glad I'm not the only one.

[scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

I can see this being really helpful to a first time reader. Good to see it up although Faulkner in August carried me through successfully.

[manjapetrov]

You guys are so good at analyzing books. I love watching others’ reviews once/before l read it. And most of the reviews are so boring and not really diving into it and yours is definitely my favorite. There were occasions when l read the book after l listened to your video 😀

[maevewhite]

This is a great insight for me to the works of Faulkner, where the context is obviously important.
I’m from Dublin, the home of James Joyce.

[AndrewLeigh-vl]

Well done chaps, , , ive seen your Dostoevsky reviews and this is great 😂 yes the title of the book comes from Shakespeare s Scottish play(commonly known as Macbeth also known as the comedy of 😂 thanks again

[BookishTexan]

Love the Narcissus connection. Missed that.
Great Video as always.

[elqord.]

Lovely. Also found it funny how the camera cuts over to the other guy just staring at the camera and then cuts back

[ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

Wooo pear symbolism! Hah. That is extensive.

Thanks for explaining the old south and new south, Krypto. I'm learning so much about southern fiction from you guys!

[TrailrunnerTroy]

Thank you for these Faulkner videos - brilliant! Very much appreciated.

[katietatey]

What is this Faulkner certificate you showed!??! :) Love this video and I'm excited for the next ones. I'm definitely up for any discussion that includes Biblical references as I don't always get those since I wasn't raised in a churchgoing family.

[veritas]

So - what reason would there be to read this book? Besides being impossible to follow, more of a pain than a pleasure to read, and just generally drudgery to read - why should people bother? Is there anything good about it?

[bighardbooks]

most excellent! You guys do such a terrific & thorough job
😍⚡😄

[Starscreamlive]

The Digital Yoknapatawpha website is a gold mine.
Without spoiling anything, which section is your favorite? I go back and forth depending on my mood, but it's never been Jason's section.

[QuestLegacy]

The naming and family tree you describe just seems sooo dense with meaning, but it appears to add so much confusion as well lol

[reality_sculptor]

I'm not a native English speaker I bought The sound and the fury and didn't get the first chapters. Then I bought it it Spanish I didn't get it either 😅. I'm going to try this and my last resort will be the movie.