Date/Time
Date(s) - 21 Mar 2017
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
Room 505, Casa Hispánica
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Poetics, History, and Critical Thought
Two MIME Seminar sessions on
the Aristotelian idea that “Poetry is more philosophical than history.”
(Poetics, 1451b)
With
MARINA MESTRE (Tuesday, March 21st, 6:30pm, Casa Hispánica, room 505), from the École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, and Visiting Scholar at LAIC who will address some of the commentaries to Aristotle’s Poetics. Alexandra Méndez, a graduate student at LAIC, will coordinate this session.
SOPHIE KLIMIS (Tueday, April 18th, 6pm, Casa Hispánica, room 201), from the Université Saint-Louis, Brussels, and Visiting Scholar at ICLS, who will comment on the philosophical project of Aristotle’s tragedy. Noel Blanco Mourelle, PhD Candidate at LAIC, and appointed Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary will coordinate this session.
Please find below PDFs of the articles that will be discussed.
With the sponsorship of The Department of Latin American & Iberian Cultures, The Hispanic Institute, The Institute for Comparative Literature & Society, and The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought.