Banned Books and Censorship

Glendale Community College

English Humanities course at Glendale Community College. ENH295: Banned Books & Censorship

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Banned Books Information

'Catcher in the Rye' author J.D. Salinger dies

NEW YORK—J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

11 Most Ironically Banned Books Of All Time - 11Points.com

I searched through lists of books that have been banned at one time or another (mostly in the U.S.), and found the ones whose bans were the most hypocritical, ignorant, and, based on the content of the books, ironic.

Lady Chatterly's Lover

The History of Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover

D.H. Lawrence index page

Personal views of his fiction

Introduction - D H Lawrence Resources

Manuscripts & Special Collections - The University of Nottingham

D. H. Lawrence

Information on D.H. Lawrence

Ulysses - Main Page - UlyssesWiki

James Joyce's Ulysses - Wiki

Ulysses (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. It is considered one of the most important works of Modernist literature.

Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s

This list is taken from the table of contents of Banned in the U.S.A. by Herbert N. Foerstel. It shows the fifty books that were most frequently challenged in schools and public libraries in the United States between 1990 and 1992. Banned in the U.S.A. has more information about the efforts to keep each title out of schools.

Censorship in Modern Times - Banned Books - TIME

Since 1982, the American Library Association has sponsored Banned Books Week to pay tribute to free speech and open libraries. The tradition began as a nod to how far society has come since 1557, when Pope Paul IV first established The Index of Prohibited Books to protect Catholics from controversial ideas. Four-hundred and nine years later, Pope Paul VI would abolish it, although attempts at censorship still remain. Here, TIME presents some of the most challenged books of all time.
 

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Alisa Cooper

Lady Chatterley in Week 4

We will continue to read, discuss and analyze Lady Chatterley’s Lover this week. This is our second to last week doing so. What I would like for you to do this week is read some of your classmates’ journal posts and see what they think about the novel. It is up to you if you choose to comment on those posts or not. I encourage you to, especially if you didn’t get full credit on the first discussion. The only way to make up points on the first discussion is to start a discussion on someone’s j

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Posted by Alisa Cooper on February 8, 2010 at 3:00pm

Alisa Cooper

Rolling Out the Grades - Finally

Thanks for your patience. I've thoroughly enjoyed reading all the comments you all have been making in the discussion forum and in your journal posts. I know that some of you are worried about your grades. You shouldn't be. Learning is a process, and in the beginning sometimes it takes a few more tries to get things right and to learn. You should have this opportunity to learn, and you will. So let's call this week: Make It Right Week.

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Posted by Alisa Cooper on February 8, 2010 at 9:30am

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Additional Information for Week 3

This week we are reading up to Chapter 11 in Lady Chatterly's Lover. Choose a tool from the Literary Terms handout and discuss in your blog post #3. Wait until you get a grade from previous posts before you post jounal #3. You should see those by Friday. For the discussion #2 that opened this week, you need to read

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Posted by Alisa Cooper on February 3, 2010 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

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Week 3: The Beat Goes On

You should all be feeling pretty comfortable with the class by now. Let's hope. There's really not much to it. I will start grading your work this week. Be patient with that. It should all be graded by the end of the week. At that time, I will explain the gradebook and how to access it.


Be sure you have watched the screencasts on the grading rubrics for discussions and journals from last week. It talks about how you will be evaluated. With that said, let's get started on Discussion #2.

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Posted by Alisa Cooper on February 2, 2010 at 12:30pm

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Discussion #2: Factors for Banning 55 Replies

Identify and explain factors that motivate people and organizations to challenge and/or ban books. Do you agree or disagree with these factors? Explain your position. Or explain and exemplify uses of…

Tagged: banning, factors

Started by Alisa Cooper in Module I. Last reply by Austin Pezzella 12 minutes ago.

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Questions & General Chatter 11 Replies

If you have any questions or comments you would like to ask the class, please post them in this forum. You may also use this forum for general chatter about anything course related. I rely on student…

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Started by Alisa Cooper in Students. Last reply by Veronica Lindsay 18 hours ago.

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Discussion #1: Banning Books 77 Replies

Books are often challenged or banned due to an individual or group of individuals considering the book to be controversial, immoral, inappropriate, sexually explicit, divisive, corrupt, vulgar, viole…

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Started by Alisa Cooper in Module I. Last reply by Joey Seal Feb 1.

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I have a feeling that most of these groups don't think about the children when they are trying to ban a book; they only are thinking of their own agendas. I have met some pretty religious people, but can't say that I have even talked to any that wou…
9 minutes ago
I think that any of the books by Anton Szandor LaVey are feared and thus stirred a lot of controversy. At that time, and even now, books on Satanism are frowned upon and although more widely accepted today, they are still feared because of the subje…
5 hours ago
"Ignorance is bliss" is such a common phrase; which means what I don't know won't hurt me. People are so fixated on what they believe, that they are too ignorant to see another view on it. The people who are challenging books are ignorant, and do no…
14 hours ago
I could not believe that people would ever want to ban the book or movie, The DaVinci Code. I read Angels and Demons first, and then The DaVinci code. Angels and Demons is one of my favorite books and I am an avid reader so when people who don't rea…
14 hours ago
Wow, I am shocked that your teacher assigned that book for reading at such a young age. I have seen the movie and then read the book. The movie is "Rated R for strong brutal violence and rape, pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity and some langua…
14 hours ago
I have edited the above blog posting. Hopefully, this blends a little more. Thank you.
16 hours ago
This post is much better. Good thesis and good support. Well done.
17 hours ago
Good start, but you really have too much summary here. You need more analysis. An example: You write, "Lawrence paints a picture of Wragby as a cold, boring place, one that Connie hates and Clifford loves, again placing a strain on their marriage."…
17 hours ago
 
 

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Module I

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Module III

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Module II

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Solo Projects

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Module Overview

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Lady Chatterley's Lover Review

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