A transcript of a talk given at the University of Ljubljana on “how literature changes lives.”
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Theories about Lit’s Impact
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aristotle, Bertolt Brecht, Chinua Achebe, Frederick Engel, Horace, Martha Nussbaum, Matthew Arnold, Percy Shelley, Plato, Rachel Blau du Plessis, Samuel Johnson, Sir Philip Sidney, Wayne Booth Comments closed
Art Is the Path to Liberation
Nick Brown, a very bright philosophy and English double major, reflects on how to live a worthwhile life. An aesthetic approach to life is at the core of his argument.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode on a Grecian Urn", Albert Camus, Art, As You Like It, Dogen, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, existentialism, Fear and Trembling, John Keats, liberation, Macbeth, Myth of Sisyphus, Soren Kierkegaard, Zen Buddhism Comments closed
Moll Flanders, Quintessential Capitalist
Moll Flanders is the ultimate capitalist, putting a price on everything. And my class finds itself cheering for her.
The Entrepreneurial Dream
Millhauser’s novel “Martin Dressler” captures the dreams of capitalist entrepreneurs but also moves beyond dream.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Capitalism, Darien Bates, Discovering Oz. Entrepreneurship, Martin Dressler, New York City, Steven Millhauser Comments closed
Seductive Balzac in Communist China
Sometimes, it seems, we have to be deprived of literature to learn how powerful it is and how much we need it. Yesterday a colleague wrote about a former Chinese student of hers who, along with other Young Pioneers, discovered a secret treasure trove of books from the west during the dark days of the […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Communism, Dai Sijie, Frederick Engels, politics Comments closed