University of London School of Advanced Study

University of London John Coffin Memorial Lecture

 

 

 

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.

 

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)

 

See also: http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Events/Marina%20Warner%20Reading%20Poster.pdf

 

All welcome