susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) (05/20/85)
Summary: Expires: Sender: Reply-To: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: U Wisconsin-Madison Academic Computing Ctr Keywords: In article <594@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) writes: >> So, it must be good, eh? By the way, it was used as a text -- at >> least the year before publication it was -- at Indiana U (the Hoosiers). > >Used as a text? So what? At the University of Wisconsin (GO BADGERS!) you >can take a course called "Poetry for Engineers" that uses some real >*garbage* as texts. Are you talking about 'Technology in Literature'? This was a class in the General Engineering Dept. which I took 9 years ago. Some of the books which I remember reading include: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (a poem by T. S. Eliot), The Machine Stops (a short story by E. M. Forster), and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Manitainance. Maybe the last one qualifies as 'junk', but the rest of these certainly don't! Now, I have a question for everybody: If you were designing a course, for technological people, covering different views of technology and its impact on society; which books, stories, or music etc would you include? Sue Brunkow University of Wisconsin {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!susie
cm@unc.UUCP (Chuck Mosher) (05/21/85)
In article <uwmacc.1106> susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) writes: >>can take a course called "Poetry for Engineers" that uses some real >>*garbage* as texts. > >Are you talking about 'Technology in Literature'? This was a class >in the General Engineering Dept. which I took 9 years ago. Some >of the books which I remember reading include: All Quiet on the >Western Front, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (a poem by >T. S. Eliot), The Machine Stops (a short story by E. M. Forster), >and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Manitainance. > Maybe the last one qualifies as 'junk', but the rest of these >certainly don't! Are you kidding?! I can't think of a more appropriate book for a "Technology in Literature" course. You could not have possibly read the book to make such a statement. > Now, I have a question for everybody: > If you were designing a course, for technological people, >covering different views of technology and its impact >on society; which books, stories, or music >etc would you include? > As a starter, ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTANANCE! I read the book as a freshman in college (when the book came out) and was blown away by it. I am re-reading it now and getting even more out of it. By the way, if you judge books by their titles, you will really miss on this one. It has a little to do with Zen, less to do with motorcycle maintanance, and a whole lot to do with trying to bridge the gap between Art and Science. A *must* read, especially for all us technophiles! > > Sue Brunkow > University of Wisconsin > {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!susie Chuck Mosher University of North Carolina {allegra|seismo|decvax}!mcnc!unc!cm