William Faulkner and the search for American southern identity: An anthropological approach

This paper is an anthropological approach to Faulkner, with two research questions: How did Faulkner interpret American Southern identity? how should a set of keywords that encapsulates Southern identity in Faulkner’s writing be established? Applying anthropological theory of identity and the method of generalization and identification of cultural patterns, this study focuses on the four outstanding novels in Faulkner’s legacy.