1981: Faulkner and the Southern Renaissance

A selection of the essays presented at this year’s conference is available from the University Press of Mississippi. It is also available from the University of Mississippi Libraries at this call number: PS3511.A86 Z7778 1981.

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Schedule
1981
Sunday, August 2nd
12:00 PM

Registration

Conference Attendees

Ole Miss Union

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

Impressions of Faulkner Country

William C. Baggett Jr., Auburn University

Ole Miss Union

2:00 PM

4:00 PM

Reception

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

4:00 PM

8:00 PM

Film screening. William Faulkner: A Life on Paper

Mississippi Authority for Educational Television

Ole Miss Union

8:00 PM

Monday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Welcome

Porter L. Fortune Jr., University of Mississippi

Ole Miss Union

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

The Framework of a Renaissance

Richard H. King, University of the District of Columbia

Ole Miss Union

9:30 AM

11:00 AM

Faulkner and the Fugitives

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University

Ole Miss Union

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

What Stand Did Faulkner Take?

Floyd C. Watkins, Emory University

Ole Miss Union

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Ole Miss Union

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

J. M. Faulkner
Jo Marshall, Jefferson State Junior College

Ole Miss Union

8:00 PM

Tuesday, August 4th
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of Oxford, Lafayette County, and other places in North Mississippi

Conference Attendees

Various Locations

9:00 AM

8:00 PM

The Dixie Flyer

Louis D. Rubin Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ole Miss Union

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 5th
9:00 AM

Faulkner and His Fellow Southern Writers to 1945

Floyd C. Watkins, Emory University

Ole Miss Union

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Ole Miss Union

10:00 AM

4:40 PM

Walk Through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

4:40 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Emerging as a Writer in Faulkner's Mississippi

Elizabeth Spencer, Concordia University

Ole Miss Union

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 6th
9:00 AM

Memory in the Southern Renaissance

Richard H. King, University of the District of Columbia

Ole Miss Union

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Faulkner and the Continuance of the Southern Renaissance

Alexander Blackburn, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Ole Miss Union

10:00 AM

1:00 PM

Family, Region, and Myth in Faulkner's Fiction

David Minter, Emory University

Ole Miss Union

1:00 PM

3:30 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Ole Miss Union

3:30 PM

8:00 PM

Black Music and Culture in the Works of William Faulkner

Thea Bowman, Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi

Ole Miss Union

8:00 PM

Friday, August 7th
9:00 AM

Faulkner as Poet

Patrick Samway, LeMoyne College

Ole Miss Union

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Truths More Intense Than Knowledge: Notes on Faulkner and Creativity

David Minter, Emory University

Ole Miss Union

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Film screening. William Faulkner: A Life on Paper

Mississippi Authority for Educational Television

Ole Miss Union

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Faulkner in Perspective: Panel Discussion

Multiple Speakers

Ole Miss Union

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and Ultimate Values

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University

Ole Miss Union

8:00 PM