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William Faulkner WebquestUse the following website to do research on William Faulkner: 47377358445500 William Faulkner Faulkner spent some time in Paris with the members of the "Lost Generation" in ____________________.-Born in ________________________________ in New Albany Mississippi -Education was "spotty" at best. He never got around to finishing _____________________________________________.-Was known for his ____________________________________________. -Faulkner is widely considered to be one of the greatest ________________________________ of his time. -Until late in his career, he was seen as just some __________________ _______________________ writer. -He experimented with different narrative techniques including: -------Most people consider his greatest work to be "________________________________________________________________" The title is a reference to a line from Shakespeare's ____________________________________________________. 47504354889500William Faulkner’s Famous Works-_________________________________________________________ (1954)-_________________________________________________________ (1929) -_________________________________________________________ (1930)-_________________________________________________________ (1932)-_________________________________________________________ (1936)-_________________________________________________________ (1962)View the following video on youtube: Write down 5 facts that you didn’t already have. Faulkner was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature for "his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel." Faulkner detested the fame and glory that resulted from his recognition. He donated part of his Nobel money "to establish a fund to support and encourage new fiction writers", eventually resulting in the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and donated another part to a local Oxford bank, establishing a scholarship fund to help educate African-American teachers at Rust College in nearby Holly Springs, Mississippi. Listen to his acceptance speech on youtube: is your reaction to his speech? What do you think of this writer? Your job is to create a poster about William Faulkner. Your group should use the info you gathered during the web quest to help create this poster. Your poster should have a large title with your subject’s name. Your poster should have at least 3 pictures. Your poster should be creative and easy to read. Remember everyone else is relying on your group’s information. All your information should be typed (headings and titles can be hand written) Appearance counts! ................
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