1996: Faulkner and the Natural World

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 Z78321166 1999.

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Schedule
1996
Sunday, July 28th
1:00 PM

Tom Rankin Photographs

Tom Rankin

University Museums

1:00 PM

2:30 PM

Opening Session: Welcome, Award Presentations, Dramatizations

Gerald W. Walton, University of Mississippi
William Ferris, University of Mississippi
Dean Faulkner Wells
Lawrence Wells
Cindy Gold

Education Auditorium

2:30 PM

5:30 PM

Buffet Supper

Conference Attendees

Howorth Home/Old Taylor Road

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner's Fiction and the Claims of the Natural World

Lawrence Buell, Harvard University

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Monday, July 29th
9:00 AM

The Art of the Literal in Light in August

Jay Watson, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Getting Around the Body: The Matter of Race and Gender in Faulkner's Light in August

Mary Joanne Dondlinger, Arizona State University

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Thomas Sutpen's Marriage to the Dark Body of the Land

Louise Westling, University of Oregon

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

J. M. Faulkner
Meg Faulkner DuChaine

Education Auditorium

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner and the Unnatural

Myra Jehlen, Rutgers University

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Tuesday, July 30th
9:00 AM

Guided Tours of North Mississippi

Various Guides

Multiple Locations

9:00 AM

5:00 PM

Noyes Party

Conference Attendees

130 Leighton Road

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Eula, Linda, and the Death of Nature in the Snopes Trilogy

Diane Roberts, University of Alabama

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Wednesday, July 31st
8:30 AM

Teaching Faulkner

Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University
James B. Carothers, University of Kansas
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Multiple Locations

8:30 AM

10:30 AM

Oversexing the Natural World: Mosquitoes and The Wild Palms

Thomas L. McHaney, Georgia State University

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Small Group Discussions

Multiple Speakers

Multiple Locations

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Faulkner in Oxford

M. C. Falkner
Howard Duvall
Robert Ashford Little
Patricia Young

Education Auditorium

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

Faulkner: The "Local," the Regional, the International

A. Walton Litz, Princeton University

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 1st
9:00 AM

Unsurprised Flesh: Color, Race, and Identity in Faulkner's Fiction

Theresa M. Towner, University of Texas, Dallas

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Taking the Place of Nature: "The Bear" and the Incarnation of America

David Evans, Rutgers University

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

12:00 PM

Book Signing

William Kennedy, New York State Writers Institute

Square Books

12:00 PM

8:00 PM

A Reading

William Kennedy, New York State Writers Institute

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM

Friday, August 2nd
8:30 AM

Teaching Faulkner

Arlie E. Herron, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University
James B. Carothers, University of Kansas
Charles A. Peek, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Multiple Locations

8:30 AM

10:30 AM

Return of the Big Woods: Hunting and Habitat in Yoknapatawpha

Wiley Charles Prewitt Jr.

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM

1:30 PM

Discussion Session. Faulkner and the Natural World: a Review

David Evans, Rutgers University
A. Walton Litz, Princeton University
Wiley Charles Prewitt Jr.
Theresa M. Towner, University of Texas, Dallas

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM

8:00 PM

Closing Party

Conference Attendees

The Lowe Home/911 South Lamar

8:00 PM