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Did I Miss Anything? by Tom Wayman (1991)
QUESTION FREQUENTLY ASKED BY STUDENTS AFTER MISSING A CLASS
Nothing. When we realized you weren't herewe sat with our hands folded on our desksin silence, for the full two hours
Everything. I gave an exam worth 40 percent of the grade for this termand assigned some reading due todayon which I'm about to hand out a quizworth 50 percent
Nothing. None of the content of this course has value or meaning
Take as many days off as you like:any activities we undertake as a classI assure you will not matter either to you or meand are without purpose
Everything. A few minutes after we began last timea shaft of light suddenly descended and an angelor other heavenly being appearedand revealed to us what each woman or man must doto attain divine wisdom in this lifeand the hereafterThis is the last time the class will meetbefore we disperse to bring the good news to all peopleon earth
Nothing. When you are not presenthow could something significant occur?
Everything. Contained in this classroom is a microcosm of human experienceassembled for you to query and examine and ponderThis is not the only place such an opportunity has been
gathered
but it was one place
And you weren't here.
CENTRAL QUESTIONS IN THE COURSE:
1. Why was (is) the work considered to be scandalous? In what way is it pushing boundaries?What are these boundaries?Who has defined them?
2. Do you think it is scandalous?Why (not)?
3. Is this literature?Is this fiction?How is the work’s literary and/or fictional nature related to being scandalous?
Marquis de Sade
Justine or Good Conduct Well Chastised France, 1791, Libertine novel
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Henry MillerTropic of Cancer
France, 1934, Fictionalized memoir/ Autobiographical novel
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Vladimir NabokovLolita
France, 1955, Novel
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Erich Maria RemarqueAll Quiet on the Western Front
Germany, 1928, War novel
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George Orwell1984
UK, 1949, Political novel
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Salman RushdieThe Satanic Verses
UK, 1988, Novel
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Taslima NasrinShame (Lajja)
Bangladesh, 1993, Documentary novel
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Nadine GordimerBurger’s Daughter
Great Britain, 1979, Novel
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Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange
UK, 1962, Novel
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Bret Easton EllisAmerican Psycho
US, 1991, Novel
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Bibliography
Coetzee, J. M. Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1996.
Haight, Anne Lyon. Banned Books: Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons at Various Times and in Various Places. 3rd Ed. New York, Bowker: 1970.
Haight, Anne Lyon, and Chandler B. Grannis. Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. New York: Bowker, 1978.
Karolides, Nicholas J., Bald, Margaret, & Dawn B. Sova. 120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature. New York: Checkmark, 2005.
Schreurs, Marc, and Peter Zeeman. “Literatuur en Repressie.” Literatuur en Context: Een inleiding in de literatuurwetenschap. Eds. Peter Zeeman. Nijmegen: SUN, 1991. 337-77.
Steiner, George. “De vraag waarop geen antwoord kwam.” Het boek van de schoonheid en de troost. By Kayzer, Wim. Amsterdam: Olympus, 2006. 47-61.
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