The Great Books Mini-Lecture Series is designed to introduce you to watershed texts that have changed their readers’ views of the world. It’s a series of short talks on great books. Watch for these scheduled events in the CoLab.
Discover six fascinating reads, from the historical to the futuristic. RSVP to as many presentations as you like or meet us in the CoLab. You will receive a link to a Zoom session for each one you choose.
These events will be recorded for later viewing.
9月. 中午-下午1点.m.
“Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not)”
内森•琼斯, 英语教授 takes you through a tale of love and resistance in a dangerously repressed political environment in “Noli Me Tángere” by José Rizal.
Explore what is widely known as the great novel of the Philippines.
10月. 中午-下午1点.m.
“行走的鼓”
苏珊•约翰逊, 工程学教授, sets out on an epic quest filled with danger, 复仇, and challenges in Louis L'Amour’s “The Walking Drum.”
Examine the prolific author’s departure from frontier fiction to the Middle Ages.
RSVP to receive a Zoom link for "The Walking Drum"
11月. 中午—下午1点.m.
“What It Is Like to Go to War”
吉姆巷, 文学院院长, 设计, 人文学科, 及社会科学, drops you into the jungles of Vietnam, where an inexperienced teenager’s actions determine the fate of his men in “What It Is Like to Go to War” by Karl 3月lantes.
Get a candid look at the realities of war from an author who survived them.
RSVP to receive a Zoom link for "What It Is Like To Go to War"
2月. 中午-下午1点.m.
“Reading 洛丽塔 in Tehran”
朱迪·迪茨, CoLab协调员, invites you to a secret gathering where women discuss now-banned literature far from the prying eyes of a post-revolution Iran in Azar Nafisi’s “Reading 洛丽塔 in Tehran.”
Watch as classics like “The Great Gatsby” go on trial with only one defender.
RSVP to receive a Zoom link for "Reading 洛丽塔 in Tehran"
3月. 中午-下午1点.m.
《皇冠体育博彩》
赫伦巴里, 化学教授, ventures through a post-apocalyptic Earth where anyone’s only hope of survival is solving a series of mysterious gaming clues left behind by an eccentric billionaire in 《皇冠体育博彩》 by Ernest Cline.
Press “Start” to begin playing the game.
RSVP to receive a Zoom link for "Ready Player One"
4月. 中午-下午1点.m.
“《皇冠体育博彩》”
Sayanti Ganguly-Puckett, 英语教授, explores the narrative of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas, in “《皇冠体育博彩》” by Ved Vyasa.
Dive into one of Hinduism’s most revered epics.
RSVP to receive a Zoom link for "The Mahabharata"
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