时 间

 2021年7月16日 周五 19:30

B站直播链接

http://live.bilibili.com/22401608

讲座简介

Reading literature in a time of climate emergency can sometimes feel a bit like fiddling while Rome burns. Yet, at this turning point for the planet, scientists, policymakers, and activists have woken up to the power of stories in the fight against global warming. In this lecture, I range across four thousand years of world literature to draw vital lessons about how we put ourselves on the path of climate change―and how we might change paths before it’s too late.

From the Epic of Gilgamesh and the West African Epic of Sunjata to the Communist Manifesto, I read world literature as an archive of environmental exploitation but also as a point of departure for a new relation to our environment. Literature depends on millennia of intensive agriculture, urbanization, and resource extraction, from the clay of ancient tablets to the silicon of e-readers. Yet literature also offers powerful ways to change attitudes toward the environment. I will uncover the ecological thinking behind the idea of world literature since the early nineteenth century, propose a new way of reading in a warming world, show how literature can help us recognize our shared humanity, and discuss the possible futures of storytelling. If we are to avoid environmental disaster, we must learn to tell the story of humans as a species responsible for global warming.

主讲人简介

Martin Puchner is the Byron and Anita Wien Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His prize-winning books and anthologies range from philosophy to the arts. His best-selling Norton Anthology of World Literature and his HarvardX online course have brought 4000 years of literature to students across the globe. His book The Written World, Wall Street Journal bestseller, and has been translated into some twenty languages, including Chinese, published by CITIC. He is a member of the European Academy and has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Cullman Fellowship, the Berlin Prize, and the Massachusetts Book Award. His latest book, The Language of Thieves, interweaves family memoir with a reflection on Rotwelsch, the underground language of Central Europe, which he learned from his father and uncle.

马丁·普克纳，美国哈佛大学Byron and Anita Wien英语与比较文学讲席教授。普克纳教授著述广泛，涵盖哲学、艺术等领域，其主编的Norton Anthology of World Literature（《诺顿世界文学作品选》）和主讲的HarvardX线上课程向全球学生展示了4000年世界文学史。其著作The Written World（《文字的力量》）是《华尔街日报》畅销书，已被翻译成二十余种语言，包括中信出版社的中文版。普克纳教授是欧洲科学院院士，获得过包括古根海姆奖（Guggenheim Fellowship）、卡尔曼奖（Cullman Fellowship）、柏林奖（Berlin Prize）、马萨诸塞图书奖（Massachusetts Book Award）等荣誉。

主持人

陆建德教授，88038威尼斯比较文学与跨文化研究中心主任

主办单位

88038威尼斯

88038威尼斯比较文学与跨文化研究中心

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文：龙佳、刘月洁

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