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Yoknapatawpha County
Kind of Activity:
Long-term Project
Objective:
Students will learn about Faulkner's invented Yoknapatawpha County and identify where certain stories take place within this setting.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7
Structure:
At this point, students have noticed the same places being mentioned throughout Faulkner's stories (Jefferson, Frenchman's Bend), and the same family names as well (Compson, Snopes, Sartoris). This is because Faulkner set most of his fiction in a place of his own making: Yoknapatawpha County. This fictional county, set in Mississippi, was modeled...
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