The official page of the course ENGL 131: Controversial Classics, taught in the Department of English and Linguistics, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Welcome to the official page of the course ENGL131: Controversial Classics at the University of Otago. ENGL 131: Controversial Classics explores how literature engages debates over art, religion, sexuality, morality, politics, race, gender, drugs, censorship, and more, while introducing you to some of the great works of English literature from Nabokov's Lolita to Sylvia Plath's Ariel. The
01/08/2024
Congrats to Jackie, winner of our ENGL131: Controversial Classics book giveaway! Jackie writes: “I absolutely loved the opportunity to take ENGL131 in 2021 and step outside of my STEM-focussed course and think more creatively. I loved discussions in a small-group setting and particularly enjoyed our exploration of Lo**ta. My favourite paper at University, with brilliant staff support.” and Linguistics, University of Otago
19/07/2024
On Wednesday, in ENGL 131: Controversial Classics, there was a gathering of "opprest and fall'n" angels, as members of the English community brought to life the Council of Devils from John Milton's Paradise Lost. From left to right: Michael Cop (Narrator), Thomas McLean (Mammon), Jacob Edmond (Beelzebub), Grace Moore (Satan), Alison Stone (Moloch), and Paul Tankard (Belial). As usual, the student demons voted for Beelzebub, though Mammon's chocolate coins kept the outcome close.
26/09/2019
If you are into poetry and in Dunedin, don't this free event happening tomorrow afternoon. It features not only Peter Olds but also Aotearoa/NZ's newly crowned poet laureate, David Eggleton.
Noticing Peter Olds: A symposium on the Dunedin poet A symposium on Dunedin writer and former Burns Fellow Peter Olds, whose work has been important to poets and other readers of New Zealand poetry since the 1970s.
29/07/2019
Here's a link to Peter Whitehead's film Wholly Communion, which documents the June 1965 International Poetry Incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall, organized and led by Allen Ginsberg...
Wholly Communion 1 is a short documentary film made in 1965 by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead. It was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and documents a poetry event h...
29/07/2019
"1. Listen attentively to lecture. Approximately every fifteen minutes, look really startled, then clap your hands twice. Repeat this often. If the professor complains, say 'The light bulb above my head is connected to a Clapper, stupid!'" Now the lectures on Ginsberg's Howl are over, it might be safe to share this list, or maybe not...
Sixteen Ginsbergian things to do in class in addition to throwing Potato Salad Document URL: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/things-to-do-in-class.html Last modified: Wednesday, 18-Jul-2007 16:29:03 EDT