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Literatures of Multilingual Europe Oxford University
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Literatures of multilingual Europe was a series of lectures given at the Taylor Institution Library in Autumn 2018 and Summer 2019 designed to accompany the Bodleian Exhibition 'Babel: adventures in translation' (15th February - 2nd June 2019). Each lecture was intended to provide an introduction to some of the less well-known European literatures and at the same time to showcase library holdings both in the original and in translation as well as works of criticism. The lectures were accompanied by a bibliography and a display of books from the Taylor Institution and the Bodleian Libraries.
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Polish Literature
Dr Kasia Szymanska gives a highlight overview of Polish literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Dr Kasia Szymanska gives a highlight overview of Polish literature from the Middle Ages to the present. After mentioning the Nobel prize winners and other twentieth-century writers such as Olga Tokarczuk, she goes back in time to discuss the following: the first major medieval and Renaissance texts which featured female characters, the issue of literary bilingualism, the international fame of the Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz, and the realist prose of the late nineteenth century.
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Introduction to Modern Greek Literature
Professor Peter Mackridge takes his audience on a whistle-stop tour of the major landmarks of Modern Greek Literature. In a wide-ranging talk, which begins with the nineteenth century Romantic poet Dionysios Solomos and then circles back to him by way of Medieval, Renaissance and Modern writings, Professor Peter Mackridge takes his audience on a whistle-stop tour of the major landmarks of Modern Greek Literature.