This article deals with the problem of narration In Faulkner's novel As l Lay Dying, and the way It overcomes limitations from point of view imposed by the one text/one narrator restriction. The 'interpretation of the narrative theory (Kurodaj has been observed, and i t has been pointed out that, via performative analysis one can reach for a formal expression of tire omniscient narrator. At the same lime applying the conceptual essence of linguistic performance it appears that language is essentially indépendant of its communicative function which furth e r on leads Kuroda to reject the notion of the omniscient narrator, that is, the notion that a narrative is neccessarry a discourse by a narrator. Thus the conclusion has been reached that some sentences of the novel’s narrative can be attributed to various narrators while there can also exist a n o n narrator (narratorless) passages which may have a narrator. Some points on theory of narration by Anne Banfiield. Biei hasten, and Volosinov have been discussed to illuminate the reporting mode in this specific novel The point is made th a t reportive expressive mode has been used by all the voices in th e novel but one, Darks. Dari’s passages are presented in the narratorless mode. Moreover Faulkner uses series of narrators with limited omniscience while not dispensing wil.h the n a rra to r altogether. Stylistically, linguistically and applying grammatical an a lysis, this article tries to explain Faulkner’s unique way of rendering (his ra th e r difficult problem of reporting in the stream-of-consciousness technique.
