George Bowering English 414 Lecture 12 at SFU on October 9, 1973 #671

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5780
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
George Bowering English 414 Lecture 12 at SFU on October 9, 1973 #671
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 12 Oct. 9, 1973; Gertrude Stein continued
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/34469976
Role:
"Speaker"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:13
Size:
34.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:15
Size:
33.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1973-10-09
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2784
Longitude:
-122.9231
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 0000 0004 Bowering begins with his usual Prince George and Sylvia Plath jokes 0035 Begins by looking at “Composition as Explanation”. Pg. 24, “A Question on Time.” 0042 “(t)he time in that composition is the natural phenomena of that composition and of that perhaps everyone can be certain” – Stein. This quotation is discussed in relation to time in paintings 0072 “Each period of living differs from any other period not in the way life is but in the way life is conducted and that, authentically speaking, is composition.” (Stein is trying to show what it is to live in her time. Composition is discussed in relation to consciousness and against certain kinds of realism 0112 Stein is not interested in cause and effect or in questions of why people do things but how they do it; this places her as scientist as opposed to a religious or philosophical investigator, Bowering explains 0119 “Everything is the same except composition and as the composition is different and always going to be different, everything is not the same”. (p. 28 “composition as explanation”). Bowering discusses this quotation 0142 Bowering discusses above quotation in relation to H.D. who believed that anyone’s mind could tap the arche-types and dissolve the self. Stein is more interested in how one acts, explains Bowering 0156 Bowering discusses Melanctha. Though it seems a conventional story for Stein, it is still an odd way of writing for that period (because it is not like descriptive literature), says Bowering 0182 Stein’s parallel between writing and war. The exigencies that demand modernism : if the war demands modern techniques, those modern techniques will be there sooner than for other things 0199 Bowering discusses “the time of the composition is a natural thing…” 0230 Stein tries to make time inconsequential, says Bowering, and the only time that is operative at all is the actual reading time of the piece 0242 Bowering discusses the cubist’s who did away with conventional use of time and space. They too, like Stein and linguists who study natural language, are looking for an “order’ that exists before the conventionalized, interpretive mind gets a hold of the world and conceals it. This is discussed at quite some length 0617 Up until the 20th Century, there are no spaces between things (all space on canvas is filled). In 20th Century art, music and writing, there are spaces between things (different ordering). This is the difference in the modern perspective 0663 Stein makes a distinction between insistence and repetition. She, as well as Williams, says that Stein doesn’t use repetition. How she writes the portraits is related (by Stein) to how one sees the world around. “Is there repetition or is there insistence? I am included to believe there is no such thing as repetition”. – Stein. This is discussed in relation to “same’ and “different “which is explained in metaphysical terms 0737 End of lecture End of Side one Side two blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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