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		<title>Igor Stravinsky&#8217;s &#8216;The Rite of Spring&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2013/03/01/igor-stravinskys-the-rite-of-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relating to CC202&#8242;s current study of Modernism, the Core presents Igor Stravinsky&#8217;s &#8220;The Rite of Spring&#8221;. Upon its release, it was controversial and supposedly caused a &#8216;riot&#8217; in the Parisian premiere audience&#8230; This debated topic is discussed in an article by Tom Service of The Guardian titled The Rite of Spring- the Work of a Madman.Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mo Yan&#8217;s Delicate Balancing Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sabina Knight writes, in this review, of author Mo Yan&#8217;s receipt of a Nobel Prize and the controversy that arisen due this event. Here is a sample: Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for his writing, not for political engagement. This essay thus offers a perspective on his politics based not on a few symbolic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles McNulty on Depictions of Violence in Theater</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2013/02/19/charles-mcnulty-on-depictions-of-violence-in-theater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this compelling article, Los Angeles Times Theater Critic McNulty discusses the controversial topic of violence in theater. Here is a sample: What is the line between acceptable and unacceptable violence in art? If gruesomeness is the criterion, much of Jacobean drama would have to be banned, including Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;King Lear,&#8221; with its graphic scene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozart Portrait Research &amp; Controversy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2013/02/06/mozart-portrait-research-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Core presents an article by Daniel J. Wakin on the debated topic of Mozart portrait authenticity. The International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Mozart’s birthplace, have announced their intriguing findings. A sample of the article: “It’s an emotional question,” Ms. Ramsauer said. “Mozart is such a universal genius. Everybody knows him. Everybody takes part of his life.”&#8230; One [...]]]></description>
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