As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is perhaps, Faulkner’s most agile, adroit novel. This is the novel that his versatility and mastery of his craft are revealed. With signs of both tragic and comic genres, literature fans and critics have argued between themselves the true genre of the novel. With the somewhat “unchosen” classification and very odd writing style, As I Lay Dying has become one of the most unique and puzzling novels in history.
Unlike any other novel of its time, As I Lay Dying has multiple narrators. Every member of the Bundren family, including some members of the community, narrates at least one section. With such an unusual writing style, the novel seems to be a bit confusing, at times, because the variety of narrative voices, provides the reader with multiple, sometimes conflicting perspectives (Lilburn 13-15). Lilburn says that the novel “can, at times, leave the reader a bit confused” (Lilburn 13) As each section goes by, the lighting and perspective chang...