Using Constraint Logic Programming to Analyze the Chronology in ``A Rose for Emily''.
William Faulkner's non-chronological story telling style has long been a challenge to critics and a puzzle to beginning literature students. ``A Rose for Emily,'' one of Faulkner's most frequently anthologized stories, exemplifies the complexity of Faulkner's treatment of time. In this paper, we app...
| Publicado en: | Computers & the Humanities Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 377 - 393 |
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