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Faulkner and Women
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Students will engage in a debate to further study Faulkner's portrayal of women in his fiction.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4
Structure:
This activity will build on a topic introduced in the discussion questions: Faulkner's portrayal of women. Begin the activity by having students return to their responses on that question. If they recall, critical interpretations of Faulkner's portrayal of women can be (roughly) divided into two camps:
1. The misogyny in...
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