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SUMMARY:The Minutiae of Otiose Strokes in Medieval Scribal Practice
DESCRIPTION:Dr Anya Adair – The University of Hong Kong (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/84/Dr%20Anya%20Adair) \nAbstract\nAn otiose stroke in the world of medieval scribal practice is a mark added to a letter that has no linguistic signification – these marks are common in English manuscripts of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries\, and are reproduced even in early English printed books. They have long been explained as mere decorative flourishes. This talk searches for a fuller explanation using the tools of palaeography\, historical linguistics\, and the study of medieval reading. Analysis of the deployment of these strokes in the vernacular production of the Carthusian scribe William Darker (working c.1481-1512) reveals semantic behaviours and patterns of use that suggest the marks had significant meaning: they appear to have performed a surprisingly robust range of linguistic functions. While these “otiose” strokes remain resistant to full explication\, the patterns here uncovered suggest a scribal intention to encode detailed linguistic information via the conscious placement of calligraphic marks. Close examination of their deployment by scribes like Darker\, and by the printer William Caxton\, makes possible a reappraisal of scribal method across the late medieval period\, the reading practices these methods imply\, and the role of the scribe and printer in the creation of textual meaning. \n ||  \nBiography\nDr. Anya Adair is Assistant Professor in Law and Humanities at The University of Hong Kong.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/the-minutiae-of-otiose-strokes-in-medieval-scribal-practice/
LOCATION:Room CRT-7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181018
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SUMMARY:Locating the Subject Theatre: Efforts in Southern India during the Colonial Period
DESCRIPTION:Professor Balakrishnan Ananthakrishnan – University of Hyderabad (http://snscomm.uohyd.ac.in/theatrearts/Ananthakrishnan.html) \nAbstract\nNationalism and modernity played a crucial role in creating the sense of modern Indian theatre in colonial India. Both\, with mutual association\, functioned together to locate theatre in Indian context as a subject which require domain knowledge and proficiency in practice different from the ongoing models. The efforts towards this initiated by the cultural and theatre activists (nationalists) were focusing on generating theatre literacy among the discerned. The southern region of India was not exposed to the idea of modern theatre unlike in Calcutta (Kolkata) or Bombay (Mumbai). There were series of discussions and talks organised by the Amateur Dramatic Association (ADA) in Bangalore to locate theatre as a subject in Indian context. My presentation would be on the two talks organised by ADA in 1818 and 1919 delivered by C. Ramalinga Reddy and James H Cousins respectively\, which are not reflected in any of the written historical documents on theatre in India. \n ||  \nBiography\nProfessor Balakrishnan Ananthakrishnan is a professor in the Department of Theatre Arts\, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication\, University of Hyderabad.
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/locating-the-subject-theatre-efforts-in-southern-india-during-the-colonial-period/
LOCATION:Room CRT-7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
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SUMMARY:Listening to Beckett: Sounds and the Event of Literature
DESCRIPTION:Dr Bobo Wong – The University of Hong Kong \nAbstract\nThis paper offers a close reading on Beckett’s Watt with special attention paid to its audio qualities in an attempt to rehearse the reading experience as an aesthetic event. Taking cue from recent view of literature as event\, and the call for reinstatement of aesthetic in the critical discourse\, the paper suggests that a responsible reading giving due attention to the literary work’s audio qualities (e.g. tone\, rhythm\, resonance) will provide a critical position out of the after-theory impasse. This suggestion is further backed up with the idea of parergon with respect to proper noun and tone in Derrida’s Signéponge. By reopening discussion of overlooked aspects of language as essential components of the reading experience\, this paper hopes to add to the growing body of after-theory critical works that calls for deeper engagement with the aesthetic of literature. It also hopes to open up further discussion on the aesthetic of sound\, and its role in knowledge production. \n ||  \nBiography
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/listening-to-beckett-sounds-and-the-event-of-literature/
LOCATION:Room CRT-7.45\, 7/F\, Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181029
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SUMMARY:The FRANKENREADS: An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for Halloween 2018
DESCRIPTION:Additional Content\nOn October 29\, come celebrate Halloween and the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with the School of English and the English Society. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in CPD-LG.10.  \nRefreshments included. Come dressed up as your favorite monster – prizes for best costumes. \n6 to 6:30 p.m. Frankenreads\nRead\, watch\, or listen to excerpts from Frankenstein and its adaptations. Bring your own short reading or video clip\, or simply come to watch and listen! \n6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Frankenfest\nSocialize with English students at a Frankenstein-themed celebration.   \nRegistration is not required\, but you can register at https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=60437 \nPlease contact jvaldez@hku.hk with questions. For more information about the international celebration\, see http://frankenreads.org.​
URL:https://hku-english.visibleone.dev/event/the-frankenreads-an-international-celebration-of-the-200th-anniversary-of-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-for-halloween-2018/
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