Faulknerian

American  

[fawk-neer-ee-uhn] / fɔkˈnɪər i ən /

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.

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Etymology

Origin of Faulknerian

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; Faulkner + -ian

Example Sentences

The Faulknerian style’s weakest imitators simply view it as a license to slather adjectives and metaphors all over the page.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2019

I had to fight a sense of creeping claustrophobia as I read it, and its Faulknerian sentences, which can run on for half a page or more, sometimes felt like a literary endurance test.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2019

I like that it’s set in the South—in Mississippi—but isn’t “Southern” in the traditional sense of Southern—that is, Faulknerian or O’Connor-ish.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 30, 2018

Wong has a Faulknerian view: “It’s not just the same fights,” she told me, “but the exact same people.”

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2016

But the boys of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are Faulknerian prisms compared to the female characters in “Straight Flush.”

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2013