CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6241
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Sacred Geography Seminar: Prof. Robin Blaser lecture at SFU on September 13, 1976 Tape 1 of 2 #617
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Classroom recording
Genre:
Speeches: Talks
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Blaser, Robin
Dates:
1925-2009
Role:
"Speaker"
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
Sound Quality:
Poor
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:
T00:31:00
Size:
38.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:48
Size:
37.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1976-09-13
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
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000
001 Inaudible voices, something about getting a “copy… in West Vancouver.” A man’s voice & a woman’s voice. The discussion seems to revolve around poetics. The tape covers a university seminar on poetics. The predominant man’s voice, whom we assume is the instructor, goes on to warn his student about being too academic & attempting to be too clever in their essays
113 Discussion on poetic creation, with reference to Charles Olson
140 Group discussion on students intellectual merits
240 The group wade into Olson’s “Maximus” poems
315 Discussion of other seminar texts
415 Side one ends midway through a long-wind sermon on issues the seminar will not address
Two 000
001 The same voices, all the more difficult to hear properly. Though I did make out something about Olson
017 Quotations from Marx in reference to poetics, its response to standard bourgeois literature. The instructor calls such a view a “cop-out”. Control, tradition, & eloquence are the standards to be observed
090 A class discussion that, like most of the tape, is basically inaudible
130 Something about the poetic pitfalls of an addiction to alcohol
162 Tape lapses into almost complete inaudibility
260 Pound, Eliot & Yeats are mentioned
297 Discussion on’Yeats’ reputation & his own hand in fostering it. From this point onwards the conversation wanders
389 Class dismissed. Feet shuffle & chairs are moved about
419 Side two ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Note:
Prof. Blaser’s “Sacred Geography” series breaks down into two organizational components, that of semi-formal lectures and that of seminars. The lectures have been indexed and are to be found throughout the Audio Tape Holdings catalogue under their respective accession numbers. The indexing is fairly self-explanatory. The seminars are not indexed for a variety of reasons, however, in conjunction with its respective lecture tape, each seminar is both important and invaluable to an understanding of the “Sacred Geography” series and the intentions of Prof. Blaser.
“And knowing”, Confucius says, “brings one to the goal”. Sacred Geography Lecture, October 22, 1976 (#630)
Note:
It seems the whole seminar was happening from Sep 13 to Dec 3 in 1976
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