You can read the following stories by consulting your textbook or clicking on the titles. The e-notations provided below offer links to sites that offer background or otherwise illuminate the works. Enjoy! "That Evening Sun" See page 1171 in The American Tradition in Literature, Volume II, 10e See page 1644 in The American Tradition in Literature, Shorter Edition, 10e - Like much of Faulkner's fiction, "That Evening Sun" is set in Jefferson, Faulkner's fictional double for his lifelong home, Oxford, Mississippi. To learn more about Oxford, visit this website.
- The story is told from the perspective of Quentin Compson. Members of the Compson family appear throughout Faulkner's work. To see a family tree of this fictitious clan, click here.
"Barn Burning" See page 1182 in The American Tradition in Literature, Volume II, 10e See page 1655 in The American Tradition in Literature, Shorter Edition, 10e - The narrative of "Barn Burning" is roughly recreated in Faulkner's novel The Hamlet. This is the first part of a trilogy of novels that also includes The Town and The Mansion. These three works chronicle the life of Flem Snopes and his family. For a list of works about the Snopes family, follow this link.
- "Barn Burning" was turned into a movie, starring Tommie Lee Jones as Abner Snopes. To read about this production, click here.
- "Barn Burning" has the distinction of winning the first O. Henry Short Story Award. The prize, named for pseudonym of the great short fiction writer William Sydney Porter, is still awarded annually. To learn more about the prize, click here. The read a story by O. Henry, visit this site.
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