About this Event
William Faulkner was a prolific novelist, poet and short story writer who primarily wrote about the South.
Since his work was extensive we will have two meetings, one on July 5th at 5pm and the followup on July 26th at 5pm.
Part One we will read "The Sound and the Fury" and your choice of two or three short stories.
Goodreads summaries...
The Sound and the Fury
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Collected Short Stories
A Bear Hunt,” “A Rose for Emily,” “Two Soldiers,” “Victory,” “The Brooch,” “Beyond”—these are among the forty-two stories that make up this magisterial collection by the writer who stands at the pinnacle of modern American fiction. Compressing an epic expanse of vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets, William Faulkner’s stories evoke the intimate textures of place, the deep strata of history and legend, and all the fear, brutality, and tenderness of which human beings are capable.
These tales are set not only in Yoknapatawpha County but in Beverly Hills and in France during World War I; they are populated by such characters as the Faulknerian archetypes Flem Snopes and Quentin Compson (“A Justice”) as well as ordinary men and women who emerge in these pages so sharply and indelibly that they dwarf the protagonists of most novels.
Contains:
Barn burning --
Shingles for the Lord --
The tall men --
A bear hunt --
Two soldiers --
Shall not perish --
A rose for Emily --
Hair --
Centaur in brass --
and many more...
Event Venue
Online
USD 0.00
