8 WCC CAMPUS VOICE - NOV. 14,1990
Engel captures crowd’s attention
By: K. McLeod
On Wednesday September
26, 1990, Dr. Elliot Engel,
professor at N.C. State
Uniyersity and author,
presented a lecture
entit1ed,"The Brilliant and
Bizarre Brontes," at the
Wayne County Public
Library.
Dr. Engel made two
presentations, one -for
students at 4 p.m. and
another -for the general
pubiic at 7 p.m.
According to Pat
Setzer, Acquisi tions
Librar i an/Assistant
Director o-f the library,
Engel performed -for 150
students and 175 o-f the
general publi c.
At the 4:00 lecture
several UCC students heard
Dr. Engel discuss language
and noyel writing as worlds
■formerly dominated by men.
He used "tomboy" and
"sissy" as examples o-f
words whose connotations a
male-dominated language has
determined.
The lecture -focused
mainly on the most -famous
Brontes, Charlotte and
Emily, authors o-f "Jane
Eyre" and "Wuthering
Heights" respectively.
English 152 and 153 students converse with Dr. Elliot Engel before his
presentation at the Wayne County Publ'ic Library: <1 to r) Kristen Cotner,
Paul Fischer, Debbie Hughes, Engel, Gloria Stokes, and Linda Hughes.
Photo: Liz Meador
He emphasized how
Charlotte Bronte's novel
"Jane Eyre" influenced the
language by presenting a
female viewpoint.
Liz Meador's Engli sh
152 students studying
literature, and Rosalyn
Lomax's English 153 classes
studying "Jane Eyre" used
Students enjoy dinner, play
this opportunity to learn
more about Charlotte
Bronte's 1ife and
i nf1uence .
At the end of his
presentation, Dr. Engel won
applause and laughter from
an appreciative audience.
By; Tammy Mar ley
Guest Reviewer
The evening of October
23, 1990 began at a quaint
dining establishment in
Kenansville where 20
literature students in ENG
261, Major British Writers,
and ther instructor,
Rosalyn Lomax left "our
world* to enter a time of
great elegance and beauty,
Josef's, our first stop
on our journey, offered a
variety of delicacies to
entice anyone's palate.
The decor gave the
impression of walking into
another world, a past
untouched by time.
After completing our
meals and hearty con-
sat I on, we were pulled back
to the present for a brief
moment when it came time to
settle the check.
The final destination of
the evening was close at
hand.
Groups from near and far
had un i ted to behold
William Shakespeare's
wonderful work "The Comedy
of Errors."
The stage design set the
atmosphere with its myriad
colors and offset angles.
The play involved de-
1ightful and almost
ridiculous characters.
Tony Mediin, Wayne
Community College's 1989
Vi si ting Artist, did a
wonderful job performing
his role as a merchant.
The play reveals a rather
conventional story line: a
father travels the world in
search of his lost sons who
happen to be twins.
He arrives in the
fanciful city of Ephesus,
only to be arrested because
he is from Syracuse
(Syracusians were outlawed
i n Ephesus)..
The twins, unknown to
each other, are also in
Ephesus.
The twins eventually are
mistaken for each other and
their servants <also twins
and unknown to each other),
are mistaken one for the
other.
There was much mistaken
identity, confusion, and
sp iri ted comedy.
The world of comedy
creates a hazy mist of
confusion, and the story
revolves around sorting out
the truth or reality of
things. Who is who? Who
is married to whom?
These questions could be
taken seriously in other
plays but not in the light
hearted adventure
Shakespeare created in
this, the earliest of his
comedi es.
This production, a
joyful, outrageous comedy,
allowed us to leave real
life behind and escape into
a fanciful world of
confusi on.
Students reacted in
various ways to the play:
"Tony Medii n was
outstanding! We should be
proud to have had his
expertise shared with our
col lege,” said Vicki
Hoi land.
Christy Proctor added,
"This was a wonderful and
light play. The laughter
filling the room was almost
ear piercing!"
Art Uzzell stated that
the actual performance was
much less confusing than
the written version and the
costumes were brilliant.
Magazine
needs
entries
by: Edmund Fu
"Renaissance," the
writers' and artists'
magazine, is seeking
entries -from students for
the 1991 issue, according
to Rosalyn Lomax and Marian
Westbrook, co-editors.
The magaz i ne needs
poetry, essays, black and
white photographs, artworks
(preferably dark pencil and
black ink), and a cover de
sign.
Students interested in
submitting entries may
leave a copy of their wdrk
with any English instructor
or at K12 or K58.
They will have to sign
a release -form stating that
their work is original and
has never been previously
publi shed.
The deadline for the
magazine is March 1, 1991.