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 1983.

Schedule

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1983
Sunday, July 31st
12:00 PM

Registration

Conference Attendees

Ole Miss Union

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

Concert

Ronald F. Vernon, University of Mississippi
Thea Bowman, Catholic Diocese of Jackson

Fulton Chapel

2:00 PM

4:30 PM

Dedication of Faulkner Plaque

Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

Lafayette County Courthouse

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Black Music and Culture in the Works of William Faulkner

Thea Bowman, Catholic Diocese of Jackson

Lafayette County Courthouse

8:00 PM

9:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Square Books

9:30 PM

Monday, August 1st
9:00 AM

Welcome

Porter L. Fortune Jr., University of Mississippi

Farley Auditorium

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Faulkner's Amazing Gift: The Voices, Tradition, and the Individual Talent

Panthea Reid Broughton, Louisiana State University

Farley Auditorium

9:30 AM

11:00 AM

The Short Stories: "And Now What's To Do"

James B. Carothers, University of Kansas

Farley Auditorium

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner and Modernism

Thomas H. McHaney, Georgia State University

Farley Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Various Locations

3:00 PM

7:30 PM

A Wide Net: Gathering the Mississippi Arts

Elaine Fruchter, University of Mississippi

Meek Auditorium

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

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

Meek Auditorium

8:30 PM

Tuesday, August 2nd
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Multiple Guides

Various Locations

9:00 AM

8:00 PM

Faulkner: Shaping a Career

Michael Millgate, University of Toronto

Farley Auditorium

8:00 PM

9:30 PM

Viewing Faulkner's South

Eva Miller

Farley Auditorium

9:30 PM

Wednesday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Faulkner: 1927-31

Noel Polk, University of Southern Mississippi

Farley Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Various Locations

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

Faulkner's View of Literature

P. V. Palievsky, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature

Farley Auditorium

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 4th
9:00 AM

Some Yoknapatawpha Names

James Hinkle, San Diego State University

Farley Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Family Structure in Faulkner

Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Farley Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:00 PM

Faulkner's Relationship to Jews

Ilse Dusoir Lind, New York University

Farley Auditorium

1:00 PM

2:30 PM

An Anthropological Approach to Yoknapatawpha

Berndt Ostendorf, Universität Munich

Farley Auditorium

2:30 PM

4:00 PM

But Damn Letters Anyway: Letters and Fictions

James G. Watson, University of Tulsa

Farley Auditorium

4:00 PM

8:00 PM

Dramatic Presentation: Voices from Yoknapatawpha

Howard L. Bahr, University of Mississippi
Randy K. Cross, University of Mississippi
Cathleen Coers David, University of Mississippi
Betty Harrington, University of Mississippi
Victoria Fielden Johnson, University of Mississippi

Meek Auditorium

8:00 PM

Friday, August 5th
9:00 AM

Word and Idea in The Sound and the Fury

Sergei Chakovsky, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature

Farley Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Faulkner as Mannerist

Sonja Bašić, Zagreb University

Farley Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

The Art of Ending

Judith Bryant Wittenberg, Simmons College

Farley Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Panel Discussion. Faulkner in Perspective

Multiple Speakers

Farley Auditorium

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Reading Faulkner

André Bleikasten, Université de Strasbourg

Farley Auditorium

8:00 PM

9:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

The Warehouse

9:30 PM