VNU JOURNAL OF FOREIGN STUDIES, VOL 37, NO 3 (2021) 11 WILLIAM FAULKNER AND THE SEARCH FOR AMERICAN SOUTHERN IDENTITY AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH Ho Thi Van Anh* Vinh University, 182 Le Duan, Vinh city, Nghe An province, Vietnam Abstract The American South is the cultural root and archetype for the fictional world of William Faulkner, a prominent author in modern world literature The theme Faulkner and the South has been studied exhaustively and elaborately, especially from historical and cultur[.]