1990: Faulkner and the Short Story

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 1990.

Posters are available for purchase from the University of Mississippi.

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Schedule
1990
Sunday, July 29th
9:00 AM

Registration

Conference Attendees

E. F. Yerby Conference Center

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

Faulkner's Mississippi

William Albert Allard

University Museums

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Photographing Faulkner's Mississippi

William Albert Allard

University Museums

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Opening Session: Welcome and Award Presentation

R. Gerald Turner, University of Mississippi
William Ferris, University of Mississippi
Frances Patterson
Doug Crichton
Willie Morris, University of Mississippi
George Plimpton, Paris Review
Dean Faulkner Wells
Lawrence Wells

Rowan Oak

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

The Battle of Harrykin Creek

Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi
Andrew Fox

Oxford High School Auditorium

8:00 PM

10:00 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Square Books

10:00 PM

Monday, July 30th
9:00 AM

Shortened Stories: Faulkner and the Market

John T. Matthews, Boston University

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Faulkner and the Oldest Profession

James B. Carothers, University of Kansas

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

11:45 AM

Teaching Faulkner I and II

Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

11:45 AM

1:30 PM

Beyond Genre? Existential Experience in Faulkner's Short Fiction

Hans H. Skei, University of Oslo

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

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

Education Auditorium

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and His Short Stories

Willie Morris, University of Mississippi
George Plimpton, Paris Review

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Tuesday, July 31st
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Various Guides

Various Locations

9:00 AM

5:30 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

Noyes Home/130 Leighton Road

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Carcassonne, Wash, and the Voices of Faulkner's Fiction

David Minter, Rice University

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 1st
9:00 AM

Ad Astra Through New Haven: Some Biographical Sources of Faulkner's War Fiction

Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Lawrence Wells

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Contending Narratives: Go Down, Moses and the Short Story Cycle

Susan V. Donaldson, College of William and Mary

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

11:45 AM

Teaching Faulkner I and II

Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

11:45 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner's Advice to a Young Writer

Joan Williams

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Various Locations

3:00 PM

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

Knight's Gambit: Poe, Faulkner, and the Tradition of the Detective Story

John T. Irwin, Johns Hopkins University

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 2nd
9:00 AM

Faulkner's Novels and Short Stories in China

Tao Jie, Peking University

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Oxford Women Remember Faulkner

Chester A. McClarty
Mary McClain Hall
Harriet Jackson
Minnie Ruth Little
Bessie Sumners

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

8:00 PM

Readings and Discussion

Elizabeth Spencer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Friday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Soviet Perceptions of Faulkner's Short Stories

Sergei Chakovsky, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
Tamara Denisova, T. H. Shevchenko Institute of the Academy of Sciences. Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic
Maya Koreneva, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
Tatiana Morosova, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
Ekaterina Stetsenko, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Go Down, Moses and the Ascetic Imperative

Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr., University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

He Come and Spoke for Me: Scripting Lucas Beauchamp's Three Lives

Philip M. Weinstein, Swarthmore College

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Multiple Speakers

Various Locations

3:00 PM

6:00 PM

Closing Banquet

Conference Attendees

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

6:00 PM