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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Jan 25 Public Lecture: Maurice Pomerantz (Institute for Advanced Study)
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SUMMARY:Jan 25 Public Lecture: Maurice Pomerantz (Institute for Advanced Study)
DESCRIPTION:<p></p><p><strong>Maurice Pomerantz,</strong></p><p style="text-align: left;">Assistant Prof. of Literature, New York University, Abu Dhabi<br>Member 2015-16, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton</p><p>presents a lecture:</p><p><strong>"The <em>Maqāmāt </em>Between Philology and World Literature"</strong></p><p><strong>Monday January 25, 4:00pm ~~ 6 Divinity Ave., #201</strong></p><p><em>Maqāmāt</em> relate the exploits of roving trickster protagonists who use ornate linguistic devices to defraud unsuspecting victims. Like their rogue anti-heroes who are always on the move, <em>Maqāmāt</em> also manifest an amazing capacity to travel and transform. Over the course of a millennium, versions of <em>Maqāmat</em> tales spread to nearly all regions of the Muslim world from West Africa to East India.</p><p>Tracing the long life of a literary form now known only to specialists, this lecture argues for the necessity of combining two radically different ways of studying texts and their historical circulation: the close reading of Philology and the distant reading of World Literature. The lecture presents a new model for the study of a pre-modern literary form that explores the textual past and engages with contemporary literary scholarship.<strong> </strong></p>
LOCATION:6 Divinity Ave., #201
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