Course Materials for LITCS 111, Spring 2016:
What Happens in Yoknapatawpha County Stays in Yoknapatawpha County

Basic course info

Course syllabus. Schedule and general guidelines for participating in the course.

Twitter stream for the course. Contains reminders about upcoming events, links to content about related topics, and pointers to electronic copies of documents distributed in class. Don't want to sign up for Twitter? You can always come back here and check for updates.

GauchoSpace login portal. Readings marked (GS) on the syllabus are available here.

Selected external sites

The William Faulkner Society: information on Faulkner scholarship, calls for papers on Faulkner, and updates on other Faulkner-related events.

The Faulkner Journal is edited by some of the most prominent scholars working in Faulkner scholarship.

John Padgett's William Faulkner on the Web is the best glossary, character dictionary, set of maps and family trees, and references to other resrouces that's available online.

Course notes, etc.

My own notes: These are often rather cursory, and we often wind up talking about other things when we all get into the same room; I prefer to let you pursue your own literary, theoretical, and practical interests when possible. These notes are just what I've prepped ahead of time.

  1. Notes from class on 29 March (Introductions)
  2. Notes from class on 31 March (Sanctuary)
  3. Notes from class on 5 April (Sanctuary)
  4. Notes from class on 7 April (Sanctuary)
  5. Notes from class on 12 April (Light in August)
  6. Notes from class on 14 April (Light in August)
  7. Notes from class on 19 April (Light in August)
  8. Notes from class on 21 April (Light in August)
  9. Notes from class on 26 April (Absalom, Absalom!)
  10. Notes from class on 28 April (Absalom, Absalom!)
  11. Notes from class on 3 May (Absalom, Absalom!)
  12. Notes from class on 5 May (The Hamlet)
  13. Notes from class on 10 May (The Hamlet)
  14. Notes from class on 12 May (The Hamlet)
  15. Notes from class on 17 May (The Town)
  16. Notes from class on 19 May (The Town)
  17. Notes from class on 24 May (The Town)
  18. Notes from class on 26 May (Requiem for a Nun)
  19. Notes from class on 31 May (Requiem for a Nun)
  20. Notes from class on 2 June (Requiem for a Nun/conclusions)

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