A critical analysis of the novel Light in August

                                                                 

MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH (MEG-11)

AMERICAN NOVEL

ASSIGNMENT 

(For July, 2022 and January, 2023 Session)

Course Code: MEG-11 

3. Attempt a critical analysis of the novel Light in August.

William Faulkner's novel "Light in August" is a complex and multi-layered work that explores themes of race, identity, and morality in the American South. The novel is set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and follows several characters whose lives intersect in unexpected ways. 

One of the central characters of the novel is Joe Christmas, a young man who is unsure of his racial identity and struggles to find a sense of belonging in the world. As a child, Joe was abandoned by his mother and raised in an orphanage run by white people. He later discovers that he has a black grandfather, which leads him to reject his white identity and embrace a life of crime and violence.

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