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Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)

39 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

The discipline of Comparative Literature is changing. Its Eurocentric heritage has been challenged by various formulations of ‘world literature’, while new media and new forms of artistic production are bringing urgency to comparative thinking across literature, film, the visual arts and music. The resulting questions of method are both intellectually compelling and central to the future of the humanities. To confront them, our research programme brings together experts from the disciplines of English, Medieval and Modern Languages, Oriental Studies, and Classics, and draws in collaborators from Music, Visual Art, Film, Philosophy and History.

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Translation as Afterlife

February 24, 2017 15:04 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

In this seminar, Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan University) and Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Studies) will explore the possibility of translation as “afterlife” through a discussion of the Hebrew poets Orit Gidali and Hezy Leskly. Marcela Sulak’s talk is entitled “Translating Ghosts and Unborn Souls: When Love Poetry is Political”. Adriana X. Jacobs talk is “Hezy Leskly’s Zombie Memories”.

“Forgotten Europe”: Translating Marginalised Languages

February 10, 2017 16:25 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB

Looking specifically at Modern Greek, Polish, Dutch, and Swedish, this event interrogates what it means to translate and publish marginalised and minor European languages into English. Translations from French, German and Spanish (and more recently, non-European giants such as Arabic and Chinese) dominate the contemporary literary scene. Arranged in a “conversazione” format, four translators discuss what it means to assert and champion the forgotten voices of minor and marginalised European ...

Between Languages: Working in and out on Translation

November 30, 2016 14:50 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

With Adriana X. Jacobs (Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature), Kasia Szymanska (Junior Research Fellow in Slavonic Studies, University College), chaired by Kate Costello (DPhil candidate in Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature). In Michaelmas 2016 the OCCT Discussion Group will follow a new format: we’ll be focussing on key issues in the methodology of comparative study. The sessions will begin with a short conversation between two senior members moderated by a graduate representative, follo...

Literature Beyond Literary Studies: Intermediality and Interdisciplinarity

November 01, 2016 14:45 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MB

With Professor Ben Morgan (Professor of German) and Peter Hill (Junior Research Fellow in Arabic Literature, Christ Church College), chaired by Karoline Watroba (DPhil candidate in German and Comparative Criticism).

Comparative Criticism: What Is It and Why Do We Do It?

October 19, 2016 18:09 - 22 minutes - 41.9 MB

Matthew Reynolds and Mohamed-Salah Omri discuss comparative literary criticism. Chaired by Valeria Taddei. Matthew Reynolds, Professor of English and Comparative Criticism, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Professor of Modern Arabic Language and Literature and Valeria Taddei, DPhil candidate in Italian and Comparative Literature.

Intercultural Literary Practices

November 09, 2015 16:06 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

Laura Lonsdale (Queen's College, Oxford): 'Barbarisms: Multilingualism and Modernity in Narratives of the Spanish- speaking World’. Respondent: Jane Hiddleston (French/Oxford)

Fiction and Other Minds

November 09, 2015 15:47 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

Peter Garratt (Durham): ‘Mind Bloat and The Lifted Veil’ Helen Small (English/Oxford): 'On the Verification of Mental Experience'. Chaired by Ben Morgan.

Extremist Translation and the Deformation Zone

July 24, 2015 14:36 - 57 minutes - 66.1 MB

Joyelle McSweeney (University of Notre Dame), Johannes Göransson (University of Notre Dame), Dr Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Institute), give a talk for the OCCT Translation and Criticism strand.

Lunchtime talk with Italian journalist Antonio Armano

June 23, 2015 09:48 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Cultural journalist and a writer.Antonio Armano in conversation with Valentina Gosetti. Conversation with Antonio Armano, a cultural journalist and a writer. He was the editor of Saturno, and he regularly contributes to Italian national newspapers and magazines, including Il Fatto Quotidiano, and Treccani.it. He is the author of Maledizioni. Processi, sequestri, censure a scrittori e editori in Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, anzi domani (Aragno 2013, BUR, 2014), which was shortlisted for the V...

Translation and Ekphrasis: Dante and the visual arts

February 24, 2015 09:33 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Ekphrasis finds words for paintings and other visual phenomena; translation finds words for other words. But how secure in this distinction, given that language has visual form, and that the visual arts can employ language-like elements? This seminar explores the interplay between translation and ekphrasis.

Intercultural Tales

February 17, 2015 15:11 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Hanan al-Shaykh gives a talk on 'Intercultural Literary Practices', with responses by Professor Marina Warner and Claire Gallien, chaired by Prof. Mohamed-Salah Omri (Oriental Studies). Part of the Intercultural Literary Practices OCCT Strand.

To the Lighthouse

February 09, 2015 17:08 - 1 hour - 53.4 MB

Laura Salisbury, Sowon Park (English), give a talk about Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse. The chair is Ben Morgan (MML). Part of the Fiction and Other Minds OCCT Strand.

OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part four

December 19, 2014 11:11 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MB

Short presentation by Dr Martyn Harry (Music) followed by discussion. This seminar launched the Languages of Criticism project which brings together experts in literature, film, visual art and music to pursue a comparative investigation of criticism’s practices, their intellectual basis, and the potential for re-grounding and enriching them. We used examples from a variety of art forms to initiate questions regarding the creative possibilities of criticism. Among those present were Céline Sa...

OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part three

December 19, 2014 11:07 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

Short presentation by Dr Jason Gaiger (Ruskin School) followed by discussion. This seminar launched the Languages of Criticism project which brings together experts in literature, film, visual art and music to pursue a comparative investigation of criticism’s practices, their intellectual basis, and the potential for re-grounding and enriching them. We used examples from a variety of art forms to initiate questions regarding the creative possibilities of criticism. Among those present were C...

OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part two

December 19, 2014 11:06 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Short presentation by Dr Matthew Reynolds (English) followed by discussion.

Languages of Criticism - Translation and Comparison part two

December 17, 2014 12:24 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB

Translation and Comparison. Convener: Dr. Xiaofan Amy Li

Unbuttoning Catullus

December 01, 2014 11:06 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

A discussion with Dr Gail Trimble, Prof. Nicola Gardini, Josephine Balmer for the OCCT Translation and Criticism strand. Chaired by Professor Matthew Reynolds

Other Worlding

November 14, 2014 14:40 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

A talk given by Peter Hitchcock from the OCCT strand "Intercultural Literary Practises."

Kirmen Uribe - Reading and in discussion with Daniela Omlor and Xon de Ros

November 14, 2014 13:38 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

A reading and discussion from the Translation and Criticism strand, Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds Intercultural Literary Practices.

Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds - ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’

September 20, 2014 18:26 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB

Prof David Herman (Durham) on ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’ with responses from Dr Emily Troscianko (MML) and Dr James Carney (Social and Evolutionary Science Research Group) followed by refreshments Wednesday 20th November, 4-6.30pm, The Seminar Room, TORCH, Radcliffe Humanities Building with Prof David Herman (Durham) on ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’ with responses from Dr Emily T...

Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds - “Tell Me Who I Am”

September 20, 2014 18:23 - 1 hour - 79 MB

Dr. Marco Bernini (Durham): ‘Parallel Convergence: Cognitive Science Facing Beckett’s “The Unnamable”’, and Dr. Simon Kemp (Oxford): ‘Tell Me Who I Am’: Beckett’s “The Unnamable”. Wednesday 21 May, 3-5.30pm, Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities Dr. Marco Bernini (Durham): ‘Parallel Convergence: Cognitive Science Facing Beckett’s “The Unnamable”’, and Dr. Simon Kemp (Oxford): ‘Tell Me Who I Am’: Beckett’s “The Unnamable”.

OCCT event - The Point of Comparison

September 20, 2014 18:19 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MB

The Point of Comparison

Languages of Criticism - Translation and Comparison part one

September 20, 2014 18:17 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MB

Translation and Comparison. Convener: Dr. Xiaofan Amy Li

Languages of Criticism - The Practice of Commentary

September 20, 2014 18:13 - 1 hour - 86.8 MB

Dr Robert Chard (Oriental Studies) on Commentary and the Confucian Ritual Canon, and Prof Stephen Harrison (Classics) on Commentary and Reception in Classics. Robert Chard and Stephen Harrison on the Practice of Commentary Tuesday 11th March, 4-6pm, St Anne’s College, Seminar Room 8 Dr Robert Chard (Oriental Studies) on Commentary and the Confucian Ritual Canon, and Prof Stephen Harrison (Classics) on Commentary and Reception in Classics. As they traverse their diverse materials the talks ...

Languages of Criticism - Creatively Critical

September 20, 2014 18:09 - 2 hours - 130 MB

Dr Clare Connors (UEA) and Prof Wen-Chin Ouyang (SOAS) will explore the place of creativity in recent Western and classical Arabic literary criticism. Respondent: Dr Helen Slaney.

OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part one

September 20, 2014 17:47 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MB

Short presentation by Andrew Klevan, followed by discussion. This seminar launched the Languages of Criticism project which brings together experts in literature, film, visual art and music to pursue a comparative investigation of criticism’s practices, their intellectual basis, and the potential for re-grounding and enriching them. We used examples from a variety of art forms to initiate questions regarding the creative possibilities of criticism. Among those present were Céline Sabiron, Be...

Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity as a Virtue of Character

September 20, 2014 17:25 - 1 hour - 155 MB

Prof. Matthew Kieran (Leeds) Tuesday January 28th, 4-6pm, Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities. Preparatory reading is here and the speaker’s homepage is here/ http://www.matthewkieran.com/

Philosophy of Criticism - Malcolm Budd’s “The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements”

September 20, 2014 17:22 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MB

Prof Derek Matravers (The Open University) on Malcolm Budd’s “The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements”. Tuesday February 18th, 4-6pm, Ryle Room, Radcliffe Humanities. Speaker homepage. The paper is available to Oxford participants here via Weblearn. Those who are unable to read all of it may focus on sections XII to XV (p359-end).

Philosophy of Criticism - Justifying Canonic Value

September 20, 2014 17:19 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

Prof. Paul Crowther (Galway) on the Canon. Convened by Dr. Klevan and Dr. Grant. Pre-seminar Reading available at https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/fceac83f-391f-437f-b4bf-91214ee1efaa/Philosophy%20of%20Criticism/Brit%20J%20Aesthetics-2004-Crowther-361-77.pdf Tuesday 6 May, 5-6.30pm, Colin Matthew Room, Radcliffe Humanities

Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity, Culture and Tradition

September 20, 2014 17:15 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Prof. Berys Gaut (St Andrews) on Creativity

Intercultural Literary Practices - Rethinking the Political through Intercultural Aesthetics

September 20, 2014 17:02 - 2 hours - 114 MB

Salim Bachi is author of Le Chien d’Ulysse (2001), Le Silence de Mahomet (2010), Moi, Khaled Khelkal (2012), and other books. He will read from his work (with a translation provided), and discuss the seminar theme. Other speakers are: Patrick Crowley (Uni

Intercultural Literary Practices - Theorising Interculturality

September 20, 2014 16:57 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB

Dr. Birgit Kaiser (Utrecht), Prof. Peter McDonald (English), and Prof. Elleke Boehmer (English) Here are the examples which Peter McDonald is referring to in the recording: J. Hillis Miller, ‘The University of Dissensus’, Oxford Literary Review, 17:1-2 (1995), pp.-126-27 Xu Bing, ‘Nursery Rhymes 5’, 1994 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, The Absent Traveller (1991/2008), p. 4 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Songs of Kabir (2011), pp. 78-9 James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939), p. 203 Al...

Translators and Writers - Translation and Fictionality

September 20, 2014 16:52 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Peter Ghosh and Jonathan Katz on Translation and Fictionality Mr Peter Ghosh, a historian and translator of Max Weber, and Dr Jonathan Katz, a classicist and translator of Joseph Roth explore how the distinction between fiction and non-fiction might matter to translation. Chaired by Patrick McGuinness

Translators and Writers - Poetry and the Act of Translation

September 20, 2014 16:40 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MB

Prof Patrick McGuinness (MML) on pseudo translations and Dr Adriana X Jacobs (Oriental Studies) on rogue translations. Respondent: Kasia Szymanska. Wednesday 14 May, 4-6.30pm, Seminar Room 7, St Anne’s College with Prof Patrick McGuinness (MML) on pseudo translations and Dr Adriana X Jacobs (Oriental Studies) on rogue translations. Respondent: Kasia Szymanska.

Round Table: The Future of Comparative Criticism

October 22, 2013 14:33 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri and Terence Cave on the futures of comparative criticism; followed by discussion.

Tropes of Comparison

October 22, 2013 14:30 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

Katrin Kohl on metaphors of comparison, Ami Li on temporality and interpretive contexts, Carole Bourne-Taylor on Michel Deguy.

Comparative Literature, Britain and Empire

October 22, 2013 14:29 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MB

Joep Leerssen on Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Philologists: Comparative Literature between National Ethnicity and Global Empire.

Shaped by the Classics?

October 22, 2013 14:27 - 1 hour - 65.9 MB

Tania Demetriou on the non-existent classical epyllion; Helen Slaney on dilettante comparatists; Henriette Korthals Altes on dance and text; John McKeane on Sophocles, Holderlin and Lacoue-Labarthe.

Literature in the World

October 22, 2013 14:25 - 1 hour - 65 MB

Ritchie Robertson on Weltliteratur before Goethe; Wen-Chin Ouyang's response; Sowon Park on world literature and the pan-Asian empire.

Books

To the Lighthouse
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