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Special Presentation Led and performed by

Aron Dunlap, Ph.D

from the Shimer Great Books School

Nonsense. What is it Good For?

Why does nonsense make us laugh? Why are children in particular drawn to it? What is the danger of adults losing their taste for it? Is there a value in nonsense that can’t be attained elsewhere? In this session Dr. Aron Dunlap will lead us in discussing a number of wonderful nonsense poems and songs and addressing some of the above questions. If the audience is amenable and suitably silly he has even agreed to sing some nonsensical songs. Suitable for adults of all sizes, and horses of all colors.

Aron Dunlap is a songwriter, academic and author. He has a Ph.D. in religion from Temple University and is currently an assistant professor in the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College, where he has been since 2017. He has published a book, Lacan and Religion, and academic articles on topics ranging from the films of David Cronenberg to psychoanalytic themes in the Harry Potter series. For two decades, he has been writing songs under the moniker Good Dust and has also toured and performed with She-Haw, Kandy Whales and Sidney. His academic and musical sides come together in lecture/performances on Shakespeare (The Food of Love), W.H. Auden (Playing in Earnest), and modern poetry (Can Poetry Make Something Happen?). He has presented these hybrid works—featuring original musical settings of poetry alongside critical commentary—in universities, churches, artist retreats, bookstores and high schools across the country.

Free & open to the public

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Photo Credit: Edward Lear, The Book of Nonsense, 1888, Wikimedia Commons