David Arnason and Stephen Scobie at Writers in Critics colloquium on March 2 in 1984

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
7315
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
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Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
David Arnason and Stephen Scobie at Writers in Critics colloquium on March 2 in 1984
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/1330211
Name:
Arnason, David
Dates:
1940-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/115570529
Name:
Scobie, Stephen
Dates:
1943-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/18385392
Notes:
Writer, poet and critic who is teaching at University of Victoria

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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:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:05
Size:
48 MB
Bitrate:
31 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:11
Size:
48.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording

Dates

Date:
1984-03-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

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CONTENT

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Steven and David Arnason talk about the fact that writers should be critic of their own works. The following topics are also discussed to some extent on this tape: Who makes a better critic, the writer or the reader? Professional critic and its history The fact that critics is mostly coming from a commentary culture how to distinguish between criticism and reviews A deconstructive approach to criticism Closure and the Critics Narrators' and readers' (in the text and out of the text) views and reconstruction of a text in critics implied readers A bit of critics in translated text (French text)

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