Thursday, Feb. 18, 1960 University Daily Konsan
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Tale of Napoleon Depicts History
Thomas Hardy's conception of Napoleon in his epic drama, "The Dynasts," transcends historic reality to produce a vivid portrait of one of the most complex men who ever lived.
"It's true that Hardy used basic research extensively and formed his image of Napoleon within the area bounded by facts," said Prof. Orel.
This is the opinion of Harold Orel, associate professor of English, who spoke at the humanities forum last night.
But at the same time, the variety of context within which Hardy depicted the Emperor and the richness of his presentation goes beyond the picture created by fact and mark Hardy's Napoleon as a creative work of art.
"We see Napoleon as in a hall of mirrors."
Napoleon is only one of 200 characters in Hardy's poem, said Prof. Orel. "The Dynasts" was written in three parts containing 19 acts, and is Hardy's longest poem, he added.
Emperor Takes Limelight
"But the Emperor is definitely the central character, present throughout the work and forming the basis of Hardy's theme," he emphasized.
Prof. Orel said the poem is essentially one of gloom and despair in regard to man's chances to find his way to a place beside his creator.
In every way, he is ruled by the concept of the "imminent will," the
French Club Meets
A new elementary French club held its first meeting Tuesday night at the Foreign Language Sound Laboratory.
Bettie Smythe, assistant instructor in Romance languages and the club's faculty sponsor, emphasized that it was formed to give practice in speaking outside the classroom. The next meeting will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 8.
Miss Smythe said the club is intended for students in French 2.3 and 4. Discussion and skits acted in French will make up the programs of future meetings.
absolute truths embodied in a force that orders the universe, he said.
Waterloo Inevitable
"The Emperor realizes the existence of the imminent will after Waterloo," said Prof. Orel, "and he admits that he has been subject to it."
Napoleon was human in many ways, asserted Prof. Orel.
He cited the Emperor's concern for his wife after the birth of their child, his pomposity and arrogance when victorious in the field and his despair for the love between himself and Josephine, a love smothered by the demands of empire.
The characterization of Napoleon is set within a sweeping and powerful depiction of the era of the Napoleonic Wars, said Prof. Orel.
"This was the era of the Pitts in England, Alexander in Russia and Nanoleon in France," said Prof. Orel.
"These statesmen controlled the great dynasties of the era, and brought to foreign affairs aspects of the law of the jungle."
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France Sends Troops to Farm Areas
PARIS — (UPI) — The government moved in riot police today to maintain order in two farming districts where French farmers, angered by President Charles de Gaulle's price-freezing policy, called massive protest rallies.
Authorities feared a repetition of last Thursday when a similar protest rally by 5,000 farmers in the northern city of Amiens erupted into a bloody three-hour riot in which more than 120 police and demonstrators were injured.
This time more than 50,000 farmers were involved. Thirty thousand
were assembling at Chartres, 56 miles southwest of Paris, this morning and another 20,000 at Clermont Ferrand about 230 miles to the south.
Reports reaching Paris said 4,000 members of the Republican Security Company, known for their skill and ruthlessness in quelling riots, had been dispersed around the two areas.
The RSC was expected to be able to maintain order but there was some belief French rightists dissatisfied with De Gaulle's crackdown on Algeria settlers might infiltrate the farmers groups and try to make trouble.
Trouble also threatened in western Britannia where leaders of farm federations were reported to have placed their 30,000 members in a "state of alert," ready to send them to either point to join the demonstrations "in a few hours."
KU Grad To Head Institute
Donald L. Seba, a graduate of the University of Kansas, will coordinate the seventh annual Gas Compresser Institute, scheduled to be held April 5 and 6 at the National Guard Armory in Liberal, Kansas.
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