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• 30 jui 2019

  Monopoli

  Thematische Schule - Sprachwissenschaften

  Pathos. Forms and fortunes of literary emotions

  The goal of this summer school is to explore the role of emotions in literature, namely with respect to the excess of pathos in different forms and times. Pathos has been a fundamental aspect of literature in every epoch. Great poetry has always foregrounded its ability to represent feelings, evoke intense and vivid moods, and elicit readers’ emotions and empathy. On the other hand, the novel – the genre dominating literary modernity – has been o!en accused of indulging in sentimental excess, giving too much space to melodramatic expression. Indeed, in Western cultures, there is a widespread suspicion towards pathos, which has o!en been identified as a shortcoming of literature. Great books – according to a common implicit assumption – can prompt reflection and laughter, but not tears: pathos only concerns lowbrow production. The summer school is an opportunity to engage in a reflection on issues related to pathos in literature in the last few centuries. Different perspectives will be taken into account: specific literary works, reader response theory, cognitive narratology, transmedia adaptation, and publishing history.

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• 30 jui 2015

  Mainz

  Thematische Schule - Darstellung

  Distanz und/oder Close-up

  Visualität, Gemeinschaft und Affekt in Geschichtsdarstellungen

  Das Romanische Seminar der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz veranstaltet vom 4.-9. Oktober 2015 in Kooperation mit ZIS, dem Zentrum für Interkulturelle Studien (JGU), und gefördert von der VolkswagenStiftung eine interdisziplinäre Herbstschule zum Thema Distanz und/oder Close-up: Visualität, Gemeinschaft und Affekt in Geschichtsdarstellungen.

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