1984: Faulkner and Humor

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 Z78321118 1986.

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Schedule
1984
Sunday, July 29th
11:00 AM

Registration

Conference Attendees

Ole Miss Union

11:00 AM

1:00 PM

Three Southern Photographers: William Eggleston, William Christenberry, and Jane Rule Burdine

William Eggleston
William Christenberry
Jane Rule Burdine

University Museums

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Opening of Wynn Faulkner Poetry Collection Display

Douglas C. Wynn
Leila Clark Wynn

John Davis Williams Library

2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Reception for Leila and Douglas Wynn

Conference Attendees

John Davis Williams Library

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Welcome; Voices from Yoknapatawpha II

R. Gerald Turner, University of Mississippi

Fulton Chapel

3:00 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

Howorth Home / Old Taylor Road

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha: The Built Environment of William Faulkner's World

Thomas S. Hines, University of California, Los Angeles

Lafayette County Courthouse

8:00 PM

9:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Square Books

9:30 PM

Monday, July 30th
9:00 AM

Humor as Vision in William Faulkner

James M. Cox, Dartmouth College

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Melville and Faulkner: The Comic Vision of Tragic Writers

Hennig Cohen, University of Pennsylvania

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner's "Was" and Uncle Adam's Cow

Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Collecting William Faulkner

Louis Daniel Brodsky

John Davis Williams Library

3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Faulkner in Oxford

Howard Duvall
M. C. Falkner
Aston Holley
Chester McLarty
William E. Stone

Ole Miss Union Room 404

3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Humor in Individual Works

William N. Claxon Jr., University of South Carolina, Aiken
Virginia V. Hlavsa, Queens College
Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas L. McHaney, Georgia State University
James M. Mellard, Northern Illinois University
Patricia R. Schroeder, Ursinus College
Nancy B. Sederburg, Beaufort Technical College

Ole Miss Union Room 405

3:00 PM

3:00 PM

The Nature of Faulkner's Comic Vision

Hans Bungert, University of Regensburg
William Bedford Clark, Texas A&M University
Hennig Cohen, University of Pennsylvania
James M. Cox, Dartmouth College
George Garrett, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
M. Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

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

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Tuesday, July 31st
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi
Beckett Howorth III
Howard L. Bahr
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

Various Locations

9:00 AM

5:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Noyes House / 130 Leighton Road

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner's Humor: A European View

Hans Bungert, University of Regensburg

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 1st
9:00 AM

The Levity of Light in August

Virginia V. Hlavsa, Queens College

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Collecting William Faulkner

Louis Daniel Brodsky

John Davis Williams Library

10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Faulkner in Oxford

Howard Duvall
M. C. Falkner
Aston Holley
William E. Stone
Chester McLarty

Ole Miss Union Room 404

10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Humor in Individual Works

William N. Claxon Jr., University of South Carolina, Aiken
Virginia V. Hlavsa, Queens College
Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas L. McHaney, Georgia State University
James M. Mellard, Northern Illinois University
Patricia R. Schroeder, Ursinus College
Nancy B. Sederburg, Beaufort Technical College

Ole Miss Union Room 405

10:30 AM

10:30 AM

The Nature of Faulkner's Comic Vision

Hans Bungert, University of Regensburg
William Bedford Clark, Texas A&M University
Hennig Cohen, University of Pennsylvania
James M. Cox, Dartmouth College
George Garrett, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
M. Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

10:30 AM

4:40 PM

Walk Through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

4:40 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic Supper

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and the Small Man

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 2nd
9:00 AM

Twain and Faulkner: Miscegenation and the Comic Muse

William Bedford Clark, Texas A&M University

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

What Faulkner Learned from The Tall Tale

Thomas L. McHaney, Georgia State University

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Black Culture and Humor in the Works of William Faulkner

Sister Thea Bowman, Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Miss.

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Humor in Perspective

Panel Discussion

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Fix My Hair, Jack: The Dark Side of Faulkner's Jokes

George Garrett, University of Michigan

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Friday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Party

Conference Attendees

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

9:00 AM