Barn Burning, Red Leaves, That Evening Sun | Techniques
Faulkner's short stories, like his novels, have an historical sweep that is part of the key to their power. In these three short stories, "Barn Burning," "That Evening Sun," and "Red Leaves," Faulkner extends the time span of his stories by a skillful handling of narrative point of view and symbolic compression.
Even though the point of view in "Barn Burning" is third person, Sarty as a point-of-view character spans thirty years, while the mentioning of Ab's wound in the Civil War thirty years prior to the action of the story adds that much more time to it. Though Ab and his...
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