Digitizing Faulkner : Yoknapatawpha in the twenty first century / edited by Theresa M. Towner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Towner, Theresa M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Databases.

Faulkner, William.

Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2022]

Summary:

For more than eighty years, Faulkner criticism has attempted to "see all Yoknapatawpha, " the fictional Mississippi county in which the author set all but four of his novels as well as more than fifty short stories. One of the most ambitious of these attempts is the ongoing Digital Yoknapatawpha, an online project that is encoding the texts set in Faulkner's mythical county into a complex database with sophisticated front-end visualizations. In Digitizing Faulkner, the contributors to the project share their findings and reflections on what digital research can mean for Faulkner studies and, by example, other bodies of literature. The essays examine Faulkner's characters, events, locations, and visualizations, as well as offering more theoretical reflections on digitally mapping specific texts and stories, including the pedagogical implications of this digital approach. Digitizing Faulkner explores how a twenty-first-century research tool intersects with twentieth-century sensibilities, ideologies, behaviors, and material cultures to modify and enhance our understanding of Faulkner's texts. Contributors: Johannes Burgers, Ashoka University * John Michael Corrigan, National Chengchi University, Taiwan * Ren Denton, East Georgia State College * Jennie Joiner, Keuka College * Erin Penner, Asbury University * Stephen Railton, University of Virginia * Christopher Rieger, Southeast Missouri State University * Ben Robbins, University of Innsbruck * Melanie Benson Taylor, Dartmouth College * Lorie Watkins, William Carey University

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: From Yoknapatawpha to the Virtual World

Faulkner from 30,000 Feet: Locations, Characters, and Events in Digital Yoknapatawpha

Locations, Ownership, and Information Flow

"Around a Hundred and at Least Triplets": Exploring Characters in Digital Yoknapatawpha

Events in Digital Yoknapatawpha: Making Faulkner's World Move

Visualizing Narrative Modes: The Narratological Mapping of Trauma in Faulkner's Sanctuary

Reading the Portable Faulkner through Digital Yoknapatawpha: Recovering the "Problems" and "Difficulties" of "Appendix Compson 1699-1945"

Faulkner's Human Hive: Complex Systems in The Hamlet

Digital Yaakni Patafa: Plotting Indigenous Space and Race

Digital Yoknapatawpha: Pedagogical Practices and the Politics of Digital Humanities in the Twenty-First-Century Classroom

Work in Progress

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Towner, Theresa M. Digitizing Faulkner

ISBN:

9780813948317

OCLC:

1313478106