UNIT III: Modernism, Cultural Crisis, and a Revision of Traditional Roots
Week 11: Modernity, Destruction, and Post-War Ghost-Towns
TUES (13-MAR-18)
DISCUSSION LEADERS ~ Kienan Burrage et all
Required Reading:
- Charles Williams, All Hallow’s Eve, Chapters I-III “The New Life,” “The Beetles,” “Clerk Simon”
Secondary Reading:
- Paul Fiddes, “Charles Williams and the Problem of Evil,” in C. S. Lewis and His Circle: Essays and Memoirs from the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, edited by Roger White, Judith Wolfe, Brendan Wolfe (UBC Library online)
- Ashley Marshall, “Reframing Charles Williams: Modernist Doubt and the Crisis of World War in ‘All Hallows’ Eve,’” Journal of Modern Literature (UBC Library online)
THURS (15-MAR-18) Guest Lecture by Dr. Carol Zaleski on C.S. Lewis, Romanticism and Theology, Smith College
NOTE THAT INKLING INVESTIGATION REPORTS ARE DUE to the Faculty Sponsor for Marking TODAY
Week 12: Urbanity, Nature, Spectres and Sacrifice
TUES (20-MAR-18)
DISCUSSION LEADERS ~ General discussion, as led by the Student Facilitator
Required Reading:
- Charles Williams, All Hallow’s Eve, Chapters IV-V “The Dream,” “The Hall by Holborn”
THURS (22-MAR-18)
DISCUSSION LEADERS ~ General discussion, as led by the Student Facilitator
Required Reading:
- Charles Williams, All Hallow’s Eve, Chapters V-VI “The Wise Water,” “The Magical Sacrifice”
Secondary Reading: (no secondary reading for this day)
Week 13: Modernity, Magic, and Machines
TUES (27-MAR-18)
DISCUSSION LEADERS ~ General discussion, as led by the Student Facilitator
Required Reading:
- Williams, All Hallow’s Eve, Chapters VIII-X “The Magical Creation,” “Telephone Conversations,” and “The Acts of the City”
Secondary Reading: (no secondary reading for this day)
THURS (29-MAR-18) Making Connections: Inklings, Modernity, Barfield/ W. H. Auden
Required Reading: Owen Barfield, selections from Poetic Diction (on Connect, see Week 13 folder)
Secondary Readings:
- Michel Piret, “W. H. Auden and the Inklings,” C. S. Lewis and His Circle: Essays and Memoirs from the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, edited by Roger White, Judith Wolfe, Brendan Wolfe
- Owen Barfield, “Lewis and/or Barfield,” in C. S. Lewis and His Circle: Essays and Memoirs from the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, edited by Roger White, Judith Wolfe, Brendan Wolfe (UBC Library online)
Week 14: There and Back Again ~ Peer Reviews and an Expected Party
TUES (3-APR-18) RESEARCH PAPER – Peer Editing Session
Peer Editors for Research Paper Draft Review Session
- Kienan Burrage and Valen Tam
- Justin Carless and Daphne de Grandpre
- Jameson Thomas and Marcy Nelson
- A. J. Reimer and Kathryn Ney
- Louis Renard and John Wragg
THURS (5-APR-18) CELEBRATION AND CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS