MLS 571M - Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!

Credit(s): 2
This intensive course offers an in-depth exploration of William Faulkner’s tour de force novel, Absalom, Absalom! While the text is deeply American, set in the Civil War era and flashing forward and backward more than fifty years on either side, it is more significantly a novel of universal and Biblical complexity. We will examine Faulkner’s unique writing style, his intricate thematic layering, and the novel’s place in American literature and as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century fiction.