College of Letters & Science
Aria Cabot, Truman State University Friday, April 7 2:15pm, 1418 Van Hise Hall Lecture: “Dangerous Liaisons: Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Italy.” Aria Cabot, Truman State University Through a selection of literary and visual references to female readership starting from the period of the Catholic Reformation, the talk will address modes of reading and of representing Italian women …
Irene Hatzopoulos Directorial Voice in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Comizi d’amore In his article “The Voice of Documentary”, film critic and theoretician Bill Nichols focuses on the evolution of expository discourse as documentary film techniques changed. I will focus on what he calls the “reality effect” seen in documentaries that belong to the tradition of cinéma verité, and will …
Katherine Blackman Remembering Shame: “La fausse honte” in Rousseau’s La Novelle Héloïse Jarmila Sawicka Sheets of Sound: Composing Jazz om Christian Gailly’s Un Sloir au club Patrick Rumble Paolo Gioli: The Last of the [First] Filmmakers This seminar will feature presentations of ongoing scholarly work by the graduate students, academic …
François Tochon Poetry, Depth, and Displaced Children I will first present my recovered book of French poetry, “Béryls de l’aube.” Then I will introduce the field of “Deep,” with the creation of a Deep Approach to world languages and cultures, Deep University Press, Deep University International, and the concept of Deep Education at large. How can Deep …
Stefania Buccini Seventeenth-Century Fiction Lost (and Regained) Francesco Pona, one of the most prominent figures of the Italian 17th century and the author of La Lucerna di Eureta Misoscolo (1625), a dialogic novel inspired by the Pythagorean doctrine of reincarnation, published his first fictional narrative in 1622 at the age of twenty-seven. This rare book, …
French & Italian Department Picnic and FRIT cup Soccor Challenge Location: Garner Park Main Shelter, 333 S. Rosa Road (on Mineral Point Rd, with the entrance to parking from Rosa Rd) Please bring a dish to pass and your own beverage. Plates, cups, siverware, napkins are provided. Guests are welcome!