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How (and why) to read William Faulkner - Sascha Morrell

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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.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Sascha Morrell
Director
Sarah Saidan, Naghmeh Farzaneh
Narrator
Christina Greer
Storyboard Artist
Sarah Saidan
Animator
Naghmeh Farzaneh
Compositor
Rafaël Massé
Art Director
Naghmeh Farzaneh, Sarah Saidan
Composer
Adam Larison
Sound Designer
Sarah Saidan
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Produced by
Abdallah Ewis, Anna Bechtol
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Iseult Gillespie
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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