Harrington
English 510.191
Spring 2006
Syllabus
Jan. 30
Introduction; “That Evening Sun”
Feb. 6
13
20
27
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury; Appendix:
Absalom, Absalom!
A Farewell to Arms
Mar. 6
13
20
27
If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem [The Wild Palms]
As I Lay Dying
SPRING BREAK
Go Down, Moses
Apr. 3
“The Short Happy Life”; “God Rest You Merry,
Gentlemen”; “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”; “The Light
of the World”; “Cat in the Rain”
FIRST ESSAY DUE
“The Killers”; “Hills Like White Elephants”; Soldier’s
Home”; “Now I Lay Me”; “Big Two-Hearted River”(I & II)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Invisible Man
10
17
24
May
1
8
15
Compson.
“Petrified Man”; “Why I Live at the P.O.”; “Death of a
Traveling Salesman”; “Powerhouse”
“A Worn Path”; “The Wide Net”; “Livvie”
Final Class Meeting
SECOND ESSAY DUE
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND METHODS: The purpose of this seminar is
to offer an intensive study of Faulkner’s major texts and of the
aesthetic which informs those texts. Faulkner's work will be
examined in conjunction with that of his most prominent and
influential contemporaries. Previous and contemporary critical
responses to the authors will be examined and evaluated. The
course will follow a standard seminar format, with seminar
participants being expected to contribute substantially to the
process of discussion and discovery.
MARKS: Each seminar participant will be required to present
three short (approximately ten minute) seminar reports, and to
provide a short, typed version of each report on the same
evening upon which the report is presented: each report counts
for 10% of the final mark, for a total of 30%. Substantial
participation in seminar discussion is expected, and such
participation will constitute 15% of the final mark. The
seminar participant will also submit a five-six page essay-worth 20% of the final mark—which will essentially be an
elaboration upon one of that participant’s seminar reports. The
final essay, worth 35%, will be ten-fifteen pages and will
incorporate at least eight secondary sources; the topic for this
essay will be determined by the student in consultation with the
instructor. At least one of the two formal essays must focus on
a Faulkner text.
OFFICE:
HH 275, ext. 36427; e-mail: gmharrington@salisbury.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
N. B.:
MW: 12-1; W: 3-4; or by appointment.
This syllabus is subject to revision.