August 30: Introduction; “A Rose for Emily”
September 6: The Sound and the Fury, Part One: April 7, 1928
Sept. 13: Part Two: June 2, 1910
Sept. 20: Parts Three and Four: April 6, 1928 and April 8, 1928
Sept. 27: "Shingles for the Lord" "That Evening Sun" "Dry September" "Wash" Andre Bleikasten, "Faulkner, Mississippi"
October 4: The Hamlet, Books One and Two
Oct. 11: Books Three and Four
Oct. 18: “Barn Burning”
Oct. 25: The Unvanquished
November 1: “Two Soldiers” “Shall Not Perish” “Uncle Willy” “All the Dead Pilots”
Nov. 8: As I Lay Dying: No class: after reading the novel, write a three page paper on a subject of your choosing. Begin with a title followed by a short quote from the novel that has some bearing on your topic. Please feel free to send me queries, questions, ideas by email: rpope@uakron.edu
Nov. 15: As I Lay Dying: Turn in your three page paper. In class, read the title, quote, and first paragraph, and tell us what you wrote about. You may read one other paragraph if you think it helps.
Nov. 22: Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 29: Critical Sources: Bring to class two abstracts of articles or book chapters read for your essay. Begin with the bibliographical information and follow with no more than two to three paragraphs on the article. Bring copies for everyone (15, including mine). In class, describe one of these.
December 6: Paper Due, total of 15 pages, MLA format
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