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  Stephen D. Senturia

stephen d. senturia

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 Need

Extended Description of This Study Group

faulkners-absalom-hilr-extended-description.pdf
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Excerpts from Carolyn Porter biography

 The first Porter file below is for Session 1.
​Wait on the second Porter file until Session 10. 
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porter_comments_on_absalom.pdf
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Review of "The Saddest Words" (for Session 1)

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 Faulkner Nobel Address (for Session 1)

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Slides on Narration and Character (Session 2)

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Excerpt from Sartoris and Genealogy (for Session 2)

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Link to Timeline of characters in Absalom, Absalom!
(for reference, with thanks to Murray Smith)


Sutpen Genealogy (for reference)

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Compson Genealogy (for reference)

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Optional Reading: The Biblical Absalom Story

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Optional Reading: Toni Morrison Master's Thesis

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