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Modernity, Region & Selfhood
Inaugural lecture by Julian Wolfreys, Professor of English Literature, University of Portsmouth
It is commonplace to think of modernism and modernity as cosmopolitan and global forces and phenomena. However, much modernist art--film, literature, painting--focuses on local communities, placing an emphasis on regional identity. While Victorian art and literature had tended to emphasise general and universal views of humanity, modern aesthetics stressed a world knowable and definable by smaller
It is commonplace to think of modernism and modernity as cosmopolitan and global forces and phenomena. However, much modernist art--film, literature, painting--focuses on local communities, placing an emphasis on regional identity. While Victorian art and literature had tended to emphasise general and universal views of humanity, modern aesthetics stressed a world knowable and definable by smaller
Admission is free, but please book a place on Eventbrite
6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
University of Portsmouth, Park Building, King Henry 1 Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2DZ
Wed 19 Oct 2016
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