English 390: Faulkner
Spring, 2004
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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, 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)
______________, The Unvanquished (1934-1937)
______________, Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1930-1955)
Class Schedule:
Week of
February 9 Introduction
ÒA Rose for EmilyÓ (1930)
ÒHonorÓ (1930)
ÒRed LeavesÓ (1930)
ÒDry SeptemberÓ (1931)
ÒThat Evening SunÓ (1931)
<http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/tfn_online/emily_barloon2.htm>
February 16 Flags
in the Dust
(reading journal due February 17)
February 23 Flags
in the Dust
(reading
journal due February 24)
March 1 The Sound and the Fury
March 8 The Sound and the Fury
March 15 Faulkner and the Critics
As
I Lay Dying
(Paper
due March 18)
March 22 As
I Lay Dying
March 29 SPRING BREAK
April 5 Light
in August
April 12 Light
in August
(reading journal due April 15)
April 19 Absalom,
Absalom!
April 26 Absalom, Absalom!
May 3 The
Unvanquished
May 10 Concluding Discussions
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 three
reading journals, each three pages long, are required.
There is a useful Selected Bibliography of critical books and articles on Faulkner in the Norton edition of The Sound and the Fury, pp. 443-446.
The best places to start your WWW research on Faulkner:
á
William
Faulkner on the Web http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html
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The
William Faulkner Foundation (Rennes, France) http://www.uhb.fr/faulkner/WF/index.htm
á
Faulkner
Resources on the Web
http://www.unf.edu/library/guides/faulkner.html
á
The
Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/
á
Teaching
Faulkner Newsletter
http://www2.semo.edu/cfs/teach.HTMl
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William
Faulkner Filmography
http://www.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Faulkner,+William
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The
Faulkner Journal
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~faulkner/
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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/