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Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Concluding the Novel Lesson PlanFaulkner's As I Lay Dying: Concluding the Novel Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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2019
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Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Concluding the Novel

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As I Lay Dying is a beautiful book and a wonderful vehicle for understanding, interpreting, and comparing themes. The class reads and analyzes the novel, discusses possible interpretations, and characterizations. They compare the themes of hope and loss found in the book to how the themes were conveyed in Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech.

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literary themes, compare and contrast, william faulkner, as i lay dying, the south, character analysis

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comparing themes

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CCRA.R.1 CCRA.R.2 CCRA.R.3 CCRA.R.4 CCRA.R.5 CCRA.R.6

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