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ENGL4128: The Idea of the South: Faulkner's Legacy
2024 unit information
Toni Morrison once said of William Faulkner, “he had a gaze that was…sort of staring, a refusal-to-look-away.” In this unit, we consider the way Faulkner, arguably one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, confronts across his astonishing writings of the 1930s and 1940s the so-called “problem South,” especially in terms of the global plantation and its legacies. Alongside his works we will read other important U.S. southern texts—including by Black and Native American southern authors—that variously engage the racial matter of Faulkner’s opus. What happens to Faulkner’s South—and indeed to Faulkner—when we read him through the work of more recent southern authors?
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
English and Writing
| Code | ENGL4128 |
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| Academic unit | English and Writing |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate a sound understanding of the interrelated fields of southern, African American and Faulkner studies.
- LO2. evaluate and demonstrate an understanding of theoretical debates within southern studies, particularly to do with African American literature, and Faulkner.
- LO3. demonstrate the ability to develop arguments and ideas effectively and articulately both in writing and to others
- LO4. demonstrate skills in research through the competent use of the library and electronic resources that are particular to the study of the US South.
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