Almost Human: Indeterminate Children and Dogs in'Flush'and'The Sound and the Fury'
J Griffiths - The Yearbook of English Studies, 2002 - JSTOR
J Griffiths
The Yearbook of English Studies, 2002•JSTORThis essay explores the representation of children and childishness in modern literature,
focusing on Virginia Woolf's treatment of the Brownings' baby in Flush and on William
Faulkner's portrayal of Benjy in" The Sound and the Fury". The essay uses the theories of
Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to interrogate the metaphorical use of Freud's Oedipal
triangle in the representative positioning of both children and dogs in these novels. It argues
that both texts posit a child of indeterminate species, challenging ideas about the child as a …
focusing on Virginia Woolf's treatment of the Brownings' baby in Flush and on William
Faulkner's portrayal of Benjy in" The Sound and the Fury". The essay uses the theories of
Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to interrogate the metaphorical use of Freud's Oedipal
triangle in the representative positioning of both children and dogs in these novels. It argues
that both texts posit a child of indeterminate species, challenging ideas about the child as a …
This essay explores the representation of children and childishness in modern literature, focusing on Virginia Woolf's treatment of the Brownings' baby in Flush and on William Faulkner's portrayal of Benjy in "The Sound and the Fury". The essay uses the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to interrogate the metaphorical use of Freud's Oedipal triangle in the representative positioning of both children and dogs in these novels. It argues that both texts posit a child of indeterminate species, challenging ideas about the child as a knowable object that can be represented.
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