George Bowering English 414 Lecture 14 at SFU on October 16, 1973 #673

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5782
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 14 at SFU on October 16, 1973 #673
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
On J-card: English 414 Lecture 14 Oct. 16, 1973; Gertrude Stein: Ida concluded; Hemingway - beginning
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:
T00:30:21
Size:
35.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:32:00
Size:
34.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1973-10-16
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 0014 Bowering begins lecture by finishing off discussion of Ida (i.e. problems of identity – Ida as type in a picaresque sense; names and naming; Ida’s relationship to Andrew; her phase as her mother’s Ida; Ida’s attempts to formulate identity; her experience as trapped in identity, etc.). Quite a lengthy discussion ensues – “the story is not over until the reader dies” 0209 Bowering begins Hemingway discussion by introducing Death in the Afternoon which he will allude to through the lecture 0231 “Remarks are not literature”, Stein tells Hemingway. Bowering recommends chapter on Hemingway in Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 0239 Biographical anecdotes 0266 Bowering reads from “Up in Michigan” (Hemingway’s “first story”) and discusses use of language 0296 Bowering discusses The Nick Adams Stories and interchangeable, autobiographical Hemingway heroes 0364 On the necessity of human bonding which appears almost exclusively as male bonding. Bowering gives various examples 0409 “Grace under pressure” is discussed along with Catholicism 0444 Nick Adams Stories are discussed as initiation stories. One of the two most common themes in American Literature, says Bowering, along with the-disappointment-of-the-promise-made-by-the-constitution (i.e. also loss of innocence like the initiation stories) 0483 Anti-Hemingway position is reduced to two points: 1. The women are male-identified; unreal. 2. Hemingway is obsessed by violence, pain and death. Bowering dismisses the former point quickly with an unconvincing, standard (masculine) answer. The latter is discussed and rationalized 0555 The social construction of masculinity is rationalized and glorified 0590 Bowering recommends Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons End of Side One Side Two is blank
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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