University of London School of Advanced Study
INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH
formerly Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
University of London John Coffin Memorial Lecture
Marina Warner
Voices without Borders
Travelling Tales and Literary Heritage
Several of Boccaccio’s stories include special motifs and plots with links to the Arabian Nights. Above all, the general character of his storytelling reveals lively interactions across linguistic and political borders. Can literature offer a contrasting
perspective on the conflicts of the past? Where are the borders in the sea of stories? Marina Warner will look at ways in which customary oppositions and divisions are treated in the wonder tale or marvellous fictions of the Mediterranean.
Monday, 30 September 2013, at 5 p.m.
In Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Organised by the Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London School of Advanced Study, in conjunction with the conference ‘Boccaccio and Company: An Introduction to the Decameron’ at the British Library (further details:
http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event152145.html)
All welcome