“I am this one walking beside me”: Laing’s Theory of Ontological Insecurity in Faulkner’s Light in August

This paper offers an analysis of two characters, Joe Christmas and Joanna Burden, in William Faulkner’s Light in August. The characters are analyzed through R.D. Laing’s concept of ontological insecurity. In the search for the roots of ontological insecurity, special attention is given to the childh...

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Main Author: Ivana Pehar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zadar 2015-12-01
Series:[sic]
Online Access:http://www.sic-journal.org/ArticleView.aspx?aid=373