الفهرس 
Virtual Boundaries Between Fact and Fiction: A Theoretical BackgroundOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to study the virtual boundaries between ”fact” and ”fiction” and their relation to the concept of reality with special reference to the historical works of William Faulkner. Chapter one offers a critical perspective that explores the changing nature of the boundaries between fact and fiction throughout various literary ages: namely, realism, modernism, and postmodernism, and their impact on the form and content of the historical novel. It further suggests that the form and content of the historical novel has changed due to the change in the concept of reality that affected the relation between fact and fiction in the literary text. The main objective of this thesis concentrates on Faulkner’s realist mode and experimental techniques, emphasizing the depiction of fact versus fiction in Faulkner’s representation of the American South, exploring his view of history, and highlighting the universal significance of his work.
Chapter two deals with The Sound and the Fury (1929) through investigating Faulkner’s talent in dealing with fact versus fiction as a narrative technique so as to depict the moral crisis of the South after the Civil War (1861-1865), endowing his novels with universal themes. Chapter three deals with Light in August (1932), through discussing Faulkner’s attitudes towards the fundamentalist religious doctrines, highlighting fact versus fiction as transcending the limits of his region, to enhance the passive effect of the fundamentalist doctrines on the human being in general. Chapter four deals with Absalom, Absalom (1936),exploring Faulkner’s creative technique in interweaving fact with fiction to reveal his viewpoint of history as a continuum of the past, present and future and as always being susceptible to change. Finally the conclusion sums up the findings of the study, focusing mainly on Faulkner’s innovative techniques.
Key Words and literary terms:
Fact and fiction -- Narrative Technique – Realism – Modernism – Post-Modernism.