English 390: Faulkner
Spring, 2003
Professor Olmsted
Rice 108
Phone: 775-8582
e-mail: John.Olmsted@oberlin.edu
Office hours: TuTh 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Texts:
William Faulkner, Soldier’s Pay (1926)
______________, Flags in the Dust/Sartoris (1926-1929)
______________, The Sound and the Fury (1929)[Norton Critical Edition,
ed. David Minter, Second Edition]
______________, As I Lay Dying (1930)
______________, Light in August (1932)
______________, Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
______________, Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1930-1955)
Class Schedule:
Week of:
| February 3 | Introduction "A Rose for Emily" (1930) "Honor" (1930) "Dry September" (1931) "That Evening Sun" (1931) http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/tfn_online/emily_barloon2.htm |
| February 10 | Soldier’s Pay (reading journal due February 11) |
| February 17 | Flags in the Dust (reading journal due February 18) |
| February 24 | The Sound and the Fury |
| March 3 | The Sound and the Fury |
| March 10 | Faulkner and the Critics (Paper due March 11) |
| March 17 | Meeting March 20 in Mudd 443 with Jessica Grim, Reference Librarian |
| March 24 |
SPRING BREAK |
| March 31 | As I Lay Dying (reading journal due April 1) |
| April 7 |
Light in August |
| April 14 | Light in August (reading journal due April 15) |
| April 21 | Absalom, Absalom! |
| April 28 | Absalom, Absalom! |
| May 5 | Concluding Discussions FINAL PAPER DUE MAY 8 |
Participants in this class are required to attend all classes, come to class
on time, take an active part in discussion, and hand in assigned work when it
is due. All papers should be delivered in printed form only. Late papers will
be downgraded.
Two papers, each eight to ten pages in length, and four reading journals, each three pages long, are required.
The best places to start your research on Faulkner:
William Faulkner on the Web
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html
The William Faulkner Foundation (Rennes, France)
http://www.uhb.fr/faulkner/WF/index.htm
Faulkner Resources on the Web
http://www.unf.edu/library/guides/faulkner.html
The Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University
http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/
Teaching Faulkner Newsletter
http://www2.semo.edu/cfs/teach.HTMl
William Faulkner Filmography
http://www.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Faulkner,+William
The Faulkner Journal
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~faulkner/
William Faulkner Society of Japan
http://www.senshu-u.ac.jp/~thb0559/faulkner.htm
The William Faulkner Collection
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/collections/faulkner/