Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1977 - 7/31/1977

Funding Totals

$2,500.00 (approved)
$2,500.00 (awarded)


A Theory of Narrative Voice

FAIN: FT-13384-77

Stephen M. Ross
NAVY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE (Annapolis, MD 21402-1300)

To write a systematic introduction articulating a theory of narrative of or a book on Faulkner. Faulkner's consistent transformation of various kinds of oral discourse to the purpose of fiction suggests a general relation between the perception of voice (in listening and reading) to the aesthetic perception of literature.