Schneider, Jack 1975-07-23,24
Jack Schneider discusses his dissertation and the aid with the Southwest Collection has provided to that project before talking about the literature of the Southwest, with emphasis on the effect of the land on its authors.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Jack Schneider
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: July 23-24, 1975
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: David Murrah and Roy Sylvan Dunn
Length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Personal use of the Southwest Collection,
Holdings on the Indian in the novel,
Holdings in Texas Tech Library,
Advantages of using the Southwest Collection,
Browsing,
Importance to this project,
Time factor,
Similar collections,
Breadth of the Southwest Collection,
Holdings in fiction,
Potential usage of Southwest Collection by students of English,
Evaluation of genres,
Superiority of the novel,
Relationship of the artist to the land,
Hamlin Garland,
Willa Cather,
Everett Gillis, Southwestern poet,
Personal history.
Tape 1, Side 2: Blank
Tape 2, Side 1: Fiction as a research tool,
Topics of study,
Dependence of quality of work,
Characterization,
Point of view,
Topics,
Ethnic conflicts,
Indians in technological society,
Chicano studies,
Cultural roots of Southwest,
Descriptive essay,
Mary Austin,
D. H. Lawrence,
Land.
Tape 2, Side 2: Land (continued),
Folklore,
Folklorists,
Comparison to other regions,
Novels evaluated,
The Enemy Gods discussed,
Larry McMurtry,
The Last Picture Show,
Regionalism in modern American novels,
Role of land,
Southern ancestry.
Tape 3, Side 1: Land and regional literature
Agrarian South
Fiction in Midwest
Hamlin Garland
Willa Cather
Minor figures
Frank Norris
Conflict in fiction (dissertation)
Indians vs. Anglos
Culture
Sample plots
Intrusion of historical figures
Lack of internal tension
Results of study
Anthropological studies used.
Tape 3, Side 2: Ethnological studies in research,
Problems included,
Objectivity of available works,
Indian conflicts itemized,
Drug abuse,
The Man Who Killed the Deer,
Culture conflicts,
Relationships,
To nature,
To history,
Sense of time,
Religion,
Dependence on intuition,
Retention of Indian culture,
Possibilities for future study,
English Department interests,
Other studies,
Lawrence Clayton.
Range Dates: 1975
Bulk Dates: 1975
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