Teaching Workshop. Teaching As I Lay Dying: Bodies, Embodiment, and Identity in the Classroom
Location
Music Building 153
Start Date
22-7-2025 8:00 AM
End Date
22-7-2025 9:30 AM
Description
About the Teaching Workshop Tuesday, July 22: “Teaching As I Lay Dying: Bodies, Embodiment, and Identity in the Classroom”
William Faulkner’s work, as this year’s conference makes clear, is particularly embodied: His characters are rendered in strikingly embodied terms; his novels feature recurring scenes of bodily extremity and damage; his narratives immerse readers in perception and affect; he includes often violent inscriptions of identity, difference, and other modalities of meaning on bodies; and Faulkner’s own complex embodiments of literary authorship can be particularly fraught. As one of the more frequently taught books in high school and college, As I Lay Dying offers educators the opportunity to explore those identities that we carry with us in the everyday world. In this workshop, we will discuss the identities that we embody ourselves as well as navigate in our classrooms. As I Lay Dying invites intriguing and thought-provoking conversations with high school and college students, which can be challenging in the classroom, particularly in the current climate.
Although not required, all participants are encouraged to revisit As I Lay Dying before this workshop. In the workshop, we will engage in facilitated conversation and end with a general discussion about teaching strategies.
Please complete the registration form at https://tinyurl.com/faulknerbodies. Local teachers may attend this workshop without registering for the conference. Teachers who want to attend the rest of the conference should register through the main conference website: www.outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner/. Inquiries should be directed to Jaime Harker at jlharker@olemiss.edu. This workshop is not available to remote registrants.
Relational Format
conference proceeding
Recommended Citation
Harker, Jaime and Shelton, Ellen, "Teaching Workshop. Teaching As I Lay Dying: Bodies, Embodiment, and Identity in the Classroom" (2025). Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. 13.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/fy/2025/schedule/13
Teaching Workshop. Teaching As I Lay Dying: Bodies, Embodiment, and Identity in the Classroom
Music Building 153
About the Teaching Workshop Tuesday, July 22: “Teaching As I Lay Dying: Bodies, Embodiment, and Identity in the Classroom”
William Faulkner’s work, as this year’s conference makes clear, is particularly embodied: His characters are rendered in strikingly embodied terms; his novels feature recurring scenes of bodily extremity and damage; his narratives immerse readers in perception and affect; he includes often violent inscriptions of identity, difference, and other modalities of meaning on bodies; and Faulkner’s own complex embodiments of literary authorship can be particularly fraught. As one of the more frequently taught books in high school and college, As I Lay Dying offers educators the opportunity to explore those identities that we carry with us in the everyday world. In this workshop, we will discuss the identities that we embody ourselves as well as navigate in our classrooms. As I Lay Dying invites intriguing and thought-provoking conversations with high school and college students, which can be challenging in the classroom, particularly in the current climate.
Although not required, all participants are encouraged to revisit As I Lay Dying before this workshop. In the workshop, we will engage in facilitated conversation and end with a general discussion about teaching strategies.
Please complete the registration form at https://tinyurl.com/faulknerbodies. Local teachers may attend this workshop without registering for the conference. Teachers who want to attend the rest of the conference should register through the main conference website: www.outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner/. Inquiries should be directed to Jaime Harker at jlharker@olemiss.edu. This workshop is not available to remote registrants.