Date of Award
1977
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
Literature is influenced by the society in which it is written. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner and Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton have many similarities because the societies which produced them have similarities. The Old South and the Afrikaner society of South Africa have many historical occurrences and cultural attitudes in common, among them: former slave societies, wars with aborigenes, an agrarian-industrial conflict in which they were defeated, racial segregation, Calvinist religion, and an intermingling of the past and the present. Absalom, Absalom! and Too Late the Phalarope have the following in common: tone, titles of despair, character types, function of setting, qualities of Greek tragedy, Biblical allusions and syntax. A sociological literary study may help to understand how a society influences its literature.
Extent
65 p.
Recommended Citation
BLANTON, JERRY CAIN, "SOUTH AFRICAN ANALOGUE TO "ABSALOM, ABSALOM|" (FAULKNER, PATON)" (1977). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 581.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/581
Identifier
FADT13850
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection