The Question of Racial Identity in William Faulkner's “Ad Astra”

Autori

  • Pia Masiero

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/8902

Parole chiave:

William Faulkner, racial identity, color issue

Abstract

Set in France in the last days of war, Willian1 Faulkner's 'Ad Astra' offers a privileged perspective to assess the dialogic nature of the definition of identity along racial lines. The only non-white character's search for an authentic definition of himself highlights tragically how the negotiation of an identity can never be color-blind. This paper uses the characters' namings and acts as definitional mirrors, and shows how the logic of racist discourse is both inescapable and all-pervading.

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Pubblicato

1998-09-01

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Sezione

Homage to Faulkner (1897-1997)