英语学院文学研究系列讲座（5/18-19）

主讲人：詹姆士·金 教授

詹姆士·金（James King），美国普林斯顿大学文学博士，加拿大麦克·马斯特大学终身教授，该大学人文社会科学研究领域唯一“杰出教授”( distinguished professor) ,加拿大皇家人文学院院士，代表性著作有学术类传记作品William Cowper: A Biography.（1986.）、Interior Landscapes: A Life of Paul Nash. （ 1987.）、The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read. （ 1990.）、William Blake: His Life. （1992.）、Virginia Woolf..（1995）、Telling Lives or Telling Lies?: Biography and Fiction. （1996）、The Life of Margaret Laurence. （1998）、Jack, A Life with Writers: The Story of Jack McClelland. （1999. ）；近十年来原创小说有Faking.（ 2001.）、Blue Moon. （ 2000）、Transformations. （ 2003.）、Pure Inventions. （2006）、Etienne’s Alphabet.

 

Subject One       GENDER AND MODERNISM

 

时间：5月18日 （星期三） 9：40     地点：虹口校区 综合楼 英国厅

 

In these two lectures, I shall talk about the role of gender in the formation of English high modernism. What kinds of constructions of gender were introduced by Joseph Conrad and Virginia Woolf into their pioneering works? Why is the role of gender identity central to these two writers?

 

JOSEPH CONRAD, MASCULINITY AND MODERNISM (Heart of Darkness and Victory)

VIRGINIA WOOLF, FEMININITY AND MODERNISM (Mrs Dalloway)

 

Subject Two       UNDER FOREIGN EYES

时间：5月18日 （星期三） 3: 00    地点：虹口校区 综合楼英国厅

In this lecture I shall talk about how the Far East, particularly Japan, is figured in the Western imagination as seen in cinema. I shall pay particularly close attention to Memoirs of a Geisha （艺妓回忆录） in which prominent Chinese actresses （章子怡 / 渡边谦 / 杨紫琼 / 巩俐）were chosen to play Japanese characters.

 

Subject Three    ETIENNE''S ALPHABET

时间：5月19日 （星期四） 9：40       地点： 虹口校区 综合楼 304室

My new novel is constructed as an alphabet book with entries done as in a dictionary or encyclopedia. I shall talk about why I decided to use this form, and I shall read relevant passages during my discussion of the book. Copies will be printed for the students.