HON 293: Literary Scandals
Wednesday May 09, 2007
Monday May 07, 2007 This is a post, my final exam essay is the comment to it. This is just in case the email didn't go through.
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Tuesday April 24, 2007 Have the laws about censorship, about Rushdie's novel in particular, changed since the Ayatollah's death? Has the ban on the book been lifted? Is the new ruler just as strict as the previous one about censorship?
Posted by jrforres ( Apr 24 2007, 04:19:02 PM EDT )
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On page 203, Pipes talks about how Marianne Wiggins finally left Rushdie, and then lost track of him due to the extreme security measures taken to keep him hidden. Did coming out of hiding prove to be dangerous for Wiggins? What is she doing now, where has she settled since reemerging?
Posted by hlfaircl ( Apr 24 2007, 04:12:50 PM EDT )
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Have there been any other instances in history where publishing houses actually had to hire secuirity, etc because of something they printed?
Posted by gtbroadh ( Apr 24 2007, 03:36:39 PM EDT )
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Were there any other mass responses in opposition to Khomeini and his supporters similar to those of Cat Stevens (pages 234-235)?
Posted by crseller ( Apr 24 2007, 02:31:38 PM EDT )
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It is stated on page 237 that twenty-two people lost their lives as a result of the Rushdie Controversy. Was Rushdie held accountable for this in any way?
Posted by srpecnik ( Apr 24 2007, 01:24:35 PM EDT )
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Has there been any other books that have had a large economic effect on countries like Rushdie's book had upon Turkey?
Posted by dbmays2 ( Apr 24 2007, 01:01:56 AM EDT )
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Pages 184-187 describe terrorist events by Iranians in several different countries. I am curious to find out the situation between Shahpour Bakhtiar, the prime minister of Iran, and Khomeini that lead a French policeman and French neighbor to die. Why does Bakhtiar have to live under such heavy guard? Also, the Iranian government held a British businessman, Roger Cooper, in jail and sentences him for spying (pg 188). Is there any more information on this?
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Monday April 23, 2007 On page 196, Pipes mentions that the publishing house got cold feet and didn't publish "The Rushdie Dossier." However, it was later published by a different press as "The Rushdie File" and nearly sold out. What was the purpose/motivation behind the book and how did people respond to it?
Posted by labruner ( Apr 23 2007, 09:23:46 PM EDT )
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Tuesday April 17, 2007 Since the whole class has expressed a desire to take the final exam early, I thought we might use this blog post to try to agree on a single time before the scheduled date, which is Tuesday May 8, 1-4pm. Please note that I can't give the exam before May 1st or outside of allowed exam hours (e.g., after 9pm). I'm not done writing the exam yet, so I don't know how long it will take, but you're entitled to the full three hours.
Please post a comment to this post and say whether you're willing to take the exam at each of the following times:
- Tuesday, May 1, 1-4pm
- Wednesday, May 2, 8-11am
- Wednesday, May 2, 1-4pm
- Wednesday, May 2, 6-9pm
- Thursday, May 3, 8-11am
- Thursday, May 3, 6-9pm
- Friday, May 4, 8-11am
- Friday, May 4, 1-4pm
- Friday, May 4, 6-9pm
Posted by alfrench ( Apr 17 2007, 06:33:44 PM EDT )
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Don't forget to submit an evaluation for this course at http://classeval.ncsu.edu anytime between April 16 and April 29. For help, e-mail ClassEval@help.ncsu.edu.
Posted by alfrench ( Apr 17 2007, 06:14:11 PM EDT )
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Here's the Wikipedia article on the Danish cartoons controversy. See especially the section on Reprinting in other newspapers, which notes that "Notable for a lack of republication of the cartoons were most major newspapers in the USA[41] and the United Kingdom,[42] where editorials covered the story without including them. Several newspapers were closed and editors fired or arrested for their decision or intention to re-publish the cartoons, including the shutting down of a 60 year old Malaysian newspaper permanently."
One U.S. publication that did reprint the original cartoons was Harper's magazine, in the June 2006 article "Drawing Blood", by Art Spiegelman of Maus fame. But even this publication, or perhaps Art Spiegelman, appears to still be worried about reproducing the images online, even in a database that only universities and libraries are likely to subscribe to. While many if not most of the major articles from Harper's are available to us through the NCSU Libraries, this article has the following caveat attached to it: "This database normally includes full text of articles available from this publication. However, this particular article is not included at the request of the rights holder." To be fair, several other articles from Harper's are so marked, though not usually cover stories, as far as I can tell.
I seem to recall that Spiegelman wrote that the most offensive cartoon was probably not the one depicting Mohammed with a bomb in his turban but the one in which the prophet appears to have a halo, but, upon closer examination, has horns.
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Had there been any other novels before that caused as much of an uproar in the Muslim community as Rushdie's book, or have there been any since?
Posted by jrforres ( Apr 17 2007, 04:09:18 PM EDT )
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Have Muslim groups in the UK and Muslim countries ever banded together in an attempt to get another book (besides the Satanic Verses) banned for blasphemy? What are England's blasphemy laws; are they still in existence? Have they been applied in recent history?
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Link to my final exam.
Posted by dbmays2 ( May 09 2007, 07:23:26 PM EDT )
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