CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8345
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Title:
Robert Kroetsch fonds
Source Collection ID:
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Robert Kroetsch with Elizabeth Alley: "A literary archaeologist"
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[29.8]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
Notes:
Enters Public Domain at the end of 2033
CREATORS
Name:
Kroetsch, Robert
Dates:
1927-2011
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Alley, Elizabeth
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Side:
A
Tape Brand:
Unknown acetate
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
T00:23:34
Size:
388.36 MB
Dates
Date:
1983
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
[1983]. Performance date supplied from creation dates listed for item level descriptions in archival finding aid for the Robert Kroetsch fonds Item number 29.8
LOCATION
Address:
155, The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand
Venue:
Radio New Zealand House
Latitude:
-41.2850884
Longitude:
174.7743977
CONTENT
Notes:
Discussion of prairie writing and Robert Kroetsch's life
- Writing arises from oral tradition: frontier, wilderness, and the university as influences. The importance of stories in rural prairies.
- “I was a great reader, and I was never in the stories I read”
- Archaeological process of discovery, a relearning of language. Cannot escape the history but can reimagine the story. Re-writing history in relation to Indigenous peoples and prairies
- Mythology and where is comes from. Robert Kroetsch considers himself a storyteller.
- Poetry: Using language and print, and making it work for him.
- Our daily lives matter, as opposed to the presumptions of “high” literature. Need accumulation of sub-literary genres (letters, notes, ephemera, etc.) to get a more comprehensive picture.
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