CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5768
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
CBC program: Women writers in Canada, Marian Engel discussion on works of Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro, and Adele Wiseman, March 1977 #468
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Engel, Marian
Dates:
1933-1985
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
will, Engels
Role:
"Speaker"
Notes:
Introduction – Engels will speak about the works of Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro & Adele Wiseman
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:41
Size:
31.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:51
Size:
30.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1977-03
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue:
CBC Studio
Latitude:
43.6562555
Longitude:
-79.374232
Notes:
We assume that this tape was recorded in Toronto. CBC Toronto studio address was changed in 1993 (after this recording took place) to 205 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7 from a smaller facility on Jarvis Street, near the former television transmitter. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Centre)
Address:
772 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1V1, Canada
Venue:
Poor Alex theatre
Latitude:
43.6521400
Longitude:
-79.4074563
Notes:
lecture was recorded there
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
Two 000 Introduction – Engels will speak about the works of Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro & Adele Wiseman
024 Engels discusses her critical background
074 She talks about the main Female characters in Five novels by Laurence, Munro, and Wiseman, seeking what is specifically Canadian and female about them
105 Denial of sexuality as a common point for these characters
190 She talks about harlot – saints in Christianity, and sexual power in the novels
290 The lack of experimentation in women’s writing
356 An emergent spirituality in women’s writing, through “the description of women as being in possession of both minds and bodies, and confused by the balance of these two
401 She reads the ending of the novel The Fire Dwellers by Margaret Laurence
422 Reads the ending of Lives of Girls and Woman, Alice Munro
450 Reads the ending of A Test of God, Laurence
481 The Stone Angel, Laurence
490 Reads the ending of Crackpot, Adele Wiseman
563 “Women writers seem to be creating an iconography which is invisible to men”
590 Female characters as victims of the Victorian image of womanhood, and the image of the pioneer wife
703 Engels finishes her talk
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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