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<\/p>\nUTC\u2019s popular literary series TAKE FIVE will return in January with a focus on World War I literature.\u00a0 TAKE FIVE is presented by the UTC English Department, Connor Professorship of American Literature, and the Connor Society.<\/p>\n
TAKE FIVE is free and open to the public.\u00a0 Interested participants are welcome at all or any of the individual sessions, which will involve a presentation by a UTC faculty member followed by a discussion involving all presenters and the audience.\u00a0 All sessions will be held in the Chattanooga Room of the University Center at UTC from 6-7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
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January 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. John Swanson, head of the UTC Department of History, will present The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914<\/em> by Christopher Clark.<\/p>\n January 27<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Clif Cleaveland, faculty in the UTC Honors College, will present Fear: A Novel of World War<\/em> I<\/em> by Gabriel Chevallier.<\/p>\n February 10<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Greg O\u2019Dea, Director of the UTC Brock Scholars Program and UC Foundation Professor of English, will present Regeneration <\/em>by Pat Barker.<\/p>\n February 24<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Aaron Shaheen, UC Foundation professor in the Department of English, will present All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em> by E.M. Remarque<\/p>\n March 17<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Verbie Prevost, Connor Professor in the Department of English, will present The Sun Also Rises <\/em>by Ernest Hemingway.<\/p>\n TAKE FIVE had its origin in the summer of 1992 when Arlie Herron, George C. Connor Professor of American Literature, decided to offer a series on American literature that would bring the University and Chattanooga communities together to read and discuss selected works.\u00a0 UTC students could sign up for a class that included the TAKE FIVE lectures.\u00a0 All other interested individuals from the Chattanooga area were invited to attend the lectures and participate in the discussions that followed.\u00a0 The topic was \u201cFive Great American Novels,\u201d and the speakers were Earl Braggs, George Connor, Dr. Paul Gaston, Arlie Herron, and Dr. Verbie Prevost.<\/p>\n The emphasis on great American novels continued in 1994 with George Connor, Dr. Robert Fulton, Arlie Herron, Dr.Verbie Prevost, and Dr. Sally Young as speakers.\u00a0 In 1995, the decision was to focus on one author, and Edith Wharton was chosen.\u00a0 Speakers were George Connor, Arlie Herron, Dr. Greg O\u2019Dea, Dr. Verbie Prevost, and Dr. Sally Young.\u00a0 In 1998, the focus was on William Faulkner, and the speakers were George Connor, Arlie Herron, Greg O\u2019Dea, Dr.Verbie Prevost, and Dr. Lauren Sewell Ingraham.<\/p>\n Following Herron\u2019s retirement, Dr.Verbie Prevost continued the program in 2000, funded by the Connor Professorship, with works by Tennessee writers.\u00a0 Speakers were Dr. Fran Bender, Earl Braggs, Arlie Herron, Dr. Greg O\u2019Dea, and Dr.Verbie Prevost.<\/p>\n In 2002, Prevost applied for and received funding from the Lupton Renaissance Grant for three years.\u00a0 That year the series focused on Civil War Literature with speakers Bender, Dr. David Garrison, O\u2019Dea, Prevost, and Dr. Chris Stuart.<\/p>\n The 2003 series emphasized Five Contemporary Southern writers (all newly elected members of the Fellowship of Southern Writers).\u00a0 Speakers were Bender, Garrison, O\u2019Dea, Prevost, and Stuart.<\/p>\n The 2004 program centered on international fiction and response was so positive that we chose that focus for the2006 series also.\u00a0 Speakers both years were Dr. Clif Cleaveland, O\u2019Dea, Prevost, Dr. Vicki Steinberg, and Dr. John Trimpey.<\/p>\n In 2007 O\u2019Dea, Prevost, Dr. Aaron Shaheen, Stuart, and Trimpey were the presenters for a series on Contemporary American Fiction.<\/p>\n After a six year hiatus, TAKE FIVE was brought back in spring 2014 with a focus on Appalachian Literature and presentations by Dr. Linda Frost, Shaheen, O’Dea, Cleaveland, and Prevost.\u00a0 Previous sessions of TAKE FIVE had been held during early summer, but a decision was made to change the schedule and scatter the presentations over the spring semester during the months of January to April.<\/p>\n
\nA brief history of the series<\/h3>\n