Private Webpage for Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!This is a private web page for the assignments and readings you will need for the Spring 2021 Study Group entitled "Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!"
Please do not distribute links to this webpage, as it is not visible to the general public. Because this Study Group is being run simultaneously in two venues (HILR and Tufts OLLI), assignments are posted by Session Number at the bottom of this page. The dates for each Session are: OLLI HILR Session 1 Mar 10 Feb 25 Session 2 Mar 17 Mar 4 Session 3 Mar 24 Mar 11 Session 4 Mar 31 Mar 18 Session 5 Apr 7 Apr 1 Session 6 Apr 14 Apr 8 Session 7 Apr 21 Apr 15 Session 8 Apr 28 Apr 22 Session 9 May 5 Apr 29 Session 10 May 12 May 6 You are invited to browse through the rest of this website. It contains a link to my blog, "Education as Conversation," information about my two novels, copies of articles I have published about "The Academic Life" and a description of the workshops we offer under that same title. If you encounter problems, contact me at sds@mit.edu Last updated, 3/4/2021 Assignments
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Files You Will NeedExtended Description of This Study Group
Excerpts from Carolyn Porter biography The first Porter file below is for Session 1.
Wait on the second Porter file until Session 10.
Review of "The Saddest Words" (for Session 1)
Faulkner Nobel Address (for Session 1)
Slides on Narration and Character (Session 2)
Excerpt from Sartoris and Genealogy (for Session 2)
Link to Timeline of characters in Absalom, Absalom!
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| sutpen_genealogy.pdf |
Compson Genealogy (for reference)
| faulkner_describes_the_compsons.pdf |
| compson_genealogy.pdf |
Optional Reading: The Biblical Absalom Story
| the_biblical_story_of_absalom.pdf |
Optional Reading: Toni Morrison Master's Thesis
| toni-morrison-ma-thesis-1955.pdf |