War, Not War, and Peace: A Pulitzer Prize Centennial Series <\/h2>\r\n
鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk 羞羞视频 It, Oklahoma鈥� Series at OCU University, Winter 2018 \r\n<\/h3>\r\n
Let鈥檚 Talk 羞羞视频 It, Oklahoma (LTAIO) offers more than your average book club. The Oklahoma Humanities Council sponsors the reading program throughout the state, bringing readers together to discuss books on a theme, with the assistance of humanities scholars as facilitators. At each session, a Humanities scholar will make a 35-45 minute presentation on the book in the context of the theme. Small group discussions follow the presentation so everyone can talk about the book.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Free copies of the books are available to borrow on a first-come\/first-served basis, but because of demand, we ask that only those who plan to fully participate in our sessions borrow books. You are also welcome to attend sessions with your own copies of the books or borrow only the titles you need.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Books may be picked up during regular business hours Monday-Friday at 羞羞视频鈥檚 Dulaney-Browne Library Room 207. Note: campus will be closed during its holiday break, Dec. 22-Jan. 2. <\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
羞羞视频 鈥淲ar, Not War, and Peace鈥�:<\/em>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Too often, 鈥減eace鈥� is simply the absence of active war. Ours is a country 鈥� and culture 鈥� forged in a crucible of war and conquest. What defines much of our national character is aggression, both its light and dark sides. The books chosen for this series reflect a deep commitment to presenting Pulitzer winners detailing both the active elements of war as well as the long-lived legacies of war, in those periods optimistically called 鈥減eace.鈥� The fragmented peace\/non-war axis is evident in all five of the texts, which span a history beginning with the Indian Wars (Empire<\/em>), move to WWII (Maus<\/em> and All the Light<\/em>) and the Vi峄噒nam war (Things<\/em> and Neon Vernacular<\/em>), and culminate in contemporary time. Given the parameters of the Pulitzer grant, perspectives are as broad as possible: characters are black, white, mixed race, Indian. Male and female, blind and sighted. German, Jewish, French, American, Comanche. Even genres have been examined to undercut the idea of the Pulitzers as awards for only certain kinds of texts: fiction, non-fiction, history, biography, poetry. The result is a prism through which war and peace are refracted in multiple colors, a vivid palette of war, not-war, and peace.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
One of our major challenges when reading the literature of war鈥攚hether non-fiction, fiction, or poetry鈥攊s that literature by its very nature beautifies what is essentially a brutal and tragic endeavor. However horrific the scenes from the Indian Wars, WWII, or Vi峄噒nam, Pulitzer-quality writing redeems those horrors and makes of them something else. It鈥檚 both the gift and the curse of literature. And yet, how else can we learn of what others suffered under the bloodtide of combat, and from its after-effects?\r\n<\/p>\r\n
鈥淲ar, Not War, and Peace鈥� was developed for Oklahoma Humanities by Dr. Britton Gildersleeve. <\/em>\r\n<\/p>"}},"41342":{"type":"collapsible","enabled":true,"collapsed":false,"fields":{"collapsibleTitle":"~ SCHEDULE ~","collapsibleContent":"
All sessions take place on Tuesday evenings in Walker Center, Room 151, beginning at 7:00 PM <\/strong>
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Jan. 23 The Things They Carried<\/em> (1990), by Tim O鈥橞rien\n<\/strong>Presenting Scholar: Harbour Winn<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
Feb. 6 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History<\/em> (2010), by S. C. Gwynne\nPresenting Scholar: Russ Tallchief <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
Feb. 20 MAUS<\/em> (1986), by Art Spiegelman\nPresenting Scholar: Steve Gooch <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
March 6 All the Light We Cannot See<\/em> (2014), by Anthony Doerr\nPresenting Scholar: Karen Schiler<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
March 20 Neon Vernacular<\/em> (poems, 1993), by Yusef Komunyakaa\nPresenting Scholar: Tracy Floreani\n<\/strong>NOTE: Yusef Komunyakaa will visit our campus Wednesday, April 4!\n<\/em>\n<\/p>\n
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