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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 7 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 14
Flags in the Dust
(reading journal due February 15)
February 21
Flags in the Dust
(reading journal due February 22)
February 28 The Sound and the Fury
March 7 The Sound and the Fury
March 14 Faulkner and the Critics
As I Lay Dying
(Paper due March 17)
March 21
As I Lay Dying
March 22, Mudd 433, meeting with Reference
Librarian Megan Mitchell
March 28 SPRING BREAK
April 4
Light in August
April 11
Light in August
(reading journal due April 14)
April 18
Absalom, Absalom!
April 25 Absalom, Absalom!
May 2
The Unvanquished
May 9 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:
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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
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Faulkner Resources
on the Web
http://www.unf.edu/library/guides/faulkner.html
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The Center for Faulkner
Studies, Southeast Missouri State University http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/
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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/