Forget Jerusalem: William Faulkner's Hyperreal Novel

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dc.contributor.authorGermana, Michael Josephen
dc.contributor.committeechairHausman, Bernice L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHatfield, Leonard L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKiebuzinska, Christineen
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:51Zen
dc.date.adate1999-04-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:51Zen
dc.date.issued1999-04-14en
dc.date.rdate2000-04-27en
dc.date.sdate1999-04-18en
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the relationality between Modernism and Postmodernism as well as between literature and theory by examining the works of two writers: master novelist William Faulkner, and high priest of Postmodernism, Jean Baudrillard. Specifically, this paper examines Faulkner's eleventh novel—the oft-neglected If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem—as a proto-postmodern text which, when examined by the light of Baudrillard's theory of simulacra and simulations, informs the transition from Modernism to Postmodernism. This paper treats each author's work as a lens through which to view the other. The result is both a re-vision of Faulkner's social philosophy and a re-examination of the epistemic break that separates Faulkner's philosophy from that of Baudrillard.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-041899-130309en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-041899-130309/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31763en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartGermana.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCritical Theoryen
dc.subjectFaulkneren
dc.subjectModernismen
dc.subjectBaudrillarden
dc.subjectPostmodernismen
dc.titleForget Jerusalem: William Faulkner's Hyperreal Novelen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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