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Booth to exhibit Grapes of Wrath
Katey Mitchell/Campus editor
Issue date: 7/18/06 Section: News
Booth Library has named "Grapes of Wrath" the book to read this year in their One Book, One University program.
Similar to what the library did last fall with "Frankenstein," the library will be holding discussions, films and speakers relating to the George Steinbeck novel. The novel will be connected to an exhibit on farm life the library will be hosting in February and March 2007.
Allen Lanham, dean of library services, hopes to incorporate "Grapes of Wrath" not only into the exhibit about farm life but current events as well.
"The exhibit comes with panels and photographs and realia, or pieces of things representing farm life such as the kitchen or the barn. Those types of things," said Lanham. "We hope using the 'Grapes of Wrath' will stimulate people to think about farm life. Through that it is easy to incorporate modern issues that could be related to the book as well, like the immigration policies for migration of Hispanic people."
Chosen by the library advisory board and the library faculty, "Grapes of Wrath" is a novel that many departments and disciplines can incorporate within their class discussions, said Lanham.
"We want people to read and discuss, to be aware of literature," said Lanham. "The faculty wants the book chosen to directly relate to their discipline. We try to chose something the will fit in to many different departments."
The problem that comes about when a book is chosen for this program is usually how involved faculty wants students to get. According to Lanham, the library wants faculty to be original in their discussions of the novel. However, some faculty wants the teaching of the book to be highly prescriptive, or taught the same way throughout the various departments.
Lanham said that is impossible to do because students do not want to be taught the same thing in all their classes and the library cannot do anything because they do not have credits to give nor do they have direct contact with students.
Similar to what the library did last fall with "Frankenstein," the library will be holding discussions, films and speakers relating to the George Steinbeck novel. The novel will be connected to an exhibit on farm life the library will be hosting in February and March 2007.
Allen Lanham, dean of library services, hopes to incorporate "Grapes of Wrath" not only into the exhibit about farm life but current events as well.
"The exhibit comes with panels and photographs and realia, or pieces of things representing farm life such as the kitchen or the barn. Those types of things," said Lanham. "We hope using the 'Grapes of Wrath' will stimulate people to think about farm life. Through that it is easy to incorporate modern issues that could be related to the book as well, like the immigration policies for migration of Hispanic people."
Chosen by the library advisory board and the library faculty, "Grapes of Wrath" is a novel that many departments and disciplines can incorporate within their class discussions, said Lanham.
"We want people to read and discuss, to be aware of literature," said Lanham. "The faculty wants the book chosen to directly relate to their discipline. We try to chose something the will fit in to many different departments."
The problem that comes about when a book is chosen for this program is usually how involved faculty wants students to get. According to Lanham, the library wants faculty to be original in their discussions of the novel. However, some faculty wants the teaching of the book to be highly prescriptive, or taught the same way throughout the various departments.
Lanham said that is impossible to do because students do not want to be taught the same thing in all their classes and the library cannot do anything because they do not have credits to give nor do they have direct contact with students.
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Anonymous
posted 7/18/06 @ 7:59 AM CST
George Steinbeck? Oops! Try John. ;)
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