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MEDIA CONTACT: Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (585) 275-4251 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800
March 15, 2001
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, Welles-Brown Room in Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Franco Moretti, professor of English and director of the Center for the Study of the Novel at Stanford University, will be presenting a lecture titled "On Bourgeois Seriousness" at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester River Campus. The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures is sponsoring this event.
Moretti's talk emerges out of his recent work and discusses the new "seriousness" of 19th century novels, moving between narrative morphology and social history. His interests include cultural geography, the novel and narrative theory, as well as interdisciplinary models for the study of literature. Moretti is a frequent contributor to New Left Review. His publications include Signs Taken for Wonders (1983), Modern Epic (1995), and Atlas of the European World (1998).
Moretti has taught English and comparative literature in several Italian universities and at Columbia University. He has given the Gauss seminars at Princeton University and has been a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
For more information, contact the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at (585) 275-4251.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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