Levels of deviation in Faulkner's "as I lay dying"

Abstract EN

Faulkner's As I Lay Dying abounds with various kinds of linguistic deviations to such an extent that they might be considered as being one of the most prom stylistic markers in the novel above.

They have been explored throughout paper according to the various levels of linguistic analysis : phonological I syntactic level, morphological level, lexical level, and semantic level.

Moreover deviations scored throughout the novel are employed specifically for literary-aesthetic purposes.

Though the deviations are not confined to one level a expense of the others, they have been characterized by various degrees in terms their limits of deviance and aesthetic employment.

Consequently, some level deviation have been foregrounded against the others insofar as the aesthetic function of language is concerned.

Thus, the syntactic and semantic levels deviation proved more radical and important than the other ones.

Nevertheless this does not deny the purposeful interconnectedness of the core levels of the language in As I Lay Dying without which we will lose a crucial part of our attempt to understand what Faulkner has written.