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Filling In The Gaps: Ideology In Faulkner’s “Dry September”
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The story “Dry September”, by William Faulkner is at its core, a story about ideology. Ideology, being defined as the “system of interlinked ideas, symbols, and beliefs by which a culture seeks to justify and perpetuate itself,”(Bercovitch 635) is the impetus behind all the action in “Dry Septemb ....
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....gical motivations of the main characters, focusing strictly on the members of the mob that kills Mayes. Rogalus picks out the most obvious traces of ideology in the text—the mob members acting on ideological notions concerning the honor of women and the denigration of blacks.
Brian Sutton responds to Rogalus’ article by increasing the scope of Faulkner’s treatment of ideology. Sutton reminds us that there are no indications in the text that Minnie Cooper actually began the rumor. He urges tha.... |
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