Naturalism and Realism in As I Lay Dying and A Death in the Family.
Naturalism and realism are within the run of the novels "As I Lay Dying" and "A Death in the Family". This read of the novel establishes Addie imperatively its center. Jewel lives in the terms of Addie's being. The word poetic occurs in metaphors of Agee's novel, and many perceptive insights about its form derive from the realization that A Death in the Family functions more like a predictable poem than a novel. Over the first twenty chapters, the narrative of death, forms a complete novel. Faulkner embraces the concepts just as Agee does. 11 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
