Which author’s experimental style in 'The Sound and the Fury' utilizes multiple first-person narrators, including one with an intellectual disability?
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Correct answer: William Faulkner
Faulkner's novel is a landmark of Southern Gothic Modernism. The shifting perspectives and use of stream of consciousness explore the decay of the Compson family from various subjective angles.
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