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

And more and more, our family tree was beginning to seem a little Faulknerian.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2020

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

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

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2013

But there is no Faulknerian Snopes in O’Connor’s fiction.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2001