{"id":929,"date":"2019-07-17T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/theblackmancomethlecture\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:19:02","slug":"theblackmancomethlecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/theblackmancomethlecture\/","title":{"rendered":"WestConn’s ‘The Black Man Cometh’ lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 To honor black history month, Western Connecticut State University will hold a lecture based on playwright Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s \u201cThe Iceman Cometh.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Black Man Cometh\u201d will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the Student Center Theater on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Sponsored by the WCSU English Honor Society, the lecture will be presented by Associate Professor of English Dr. Don Gagnon. The material is from an article Gagnon wrote for an upcoming Modern Language Association anthology. The lecture is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Neill wrote \u201cThe Iceman Cometh\u201d in 1939 and it was performed on Broadway in 1946. It was the first time that a drama presented a serious, psychologically developed character.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018The Iceman Cometh\u2019 is used to measure O\u2019Neill\u2019s vision of race in America,\u201d Gagnon said. \u201cFor a white writer to actually engage black issues on a serious level was particularly noteworthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Neill\u2019s prior efforts, no matter how well-intentioned, Gagnon said, were not always successful in creating a greater sensitivity and value to African Americans. Through the creation of Joe Mott\u2019s character, he said, O\u2019Neill overcame earlier challenges with an accurate portrayal of early American experience. \u201cO\u2019Neill did overcome much of his racialist thinking,\u201d Gagnon said.<\/p>\n

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The lecture will run about 30 minutes and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.<\/p>\n

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For more information, contact Gagnon at (203) 837-9062.<\/p>\n

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Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.
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