How (and why) to read William Faulkner

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Sascha Morrell |

TED-Ed

• May 2023

William Faulkner is considered one of America's most remarkable and perplexing writers. He confused his audience intentionally, using complex sentences, unreliable narrators, and outlandish imagery. His body of work is shocking, inventive, hilarious, and challenging. So how can readers navigate his literary labyrinths? Sascha Morrell explains how to read one of literature's most confusing writers. [Directed by Naghmeh Farzaneh, Sarah Saidan, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Adam Larison].