SFU Public Lecture: How to Read World Literature

March 4, 2009
The SFU World Literature Program sponsored 'How to Read World Literature', a free public lecture by Dr. David Damrosch, Visiting Professor, Harvard University and Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University.

World literature was long defined in North America as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged both this European focus and the very category of "the masterpiece."

In case studies ranging from the Aztecs to multilingual global hip-hop, David Damrosch discussed the ways works change and gain in translation as they move from national to global contexts.

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[dontlayeggs]

What is the meaning of Big Bang machine. It wasted millions and was shut down. How did it help the world.

Literature helps you with creative thinking which is also useful in science. Literature helps to point out problems and helps to understand different characters who also exist in real world. That is more important than some machine. We could live without electricity but not without communicating.

[cyfw2003]

thanks for posting really enjoyed this lecture and felt inspired to explore more on the subject

[sapphirearisa]

i loved this lecture. thnx for uploading it!!! :)

[Literaturefan94]

I love this video. It was a great lecture.

[dontlayeggs]

Ancient Greek is the basic of western culture. There would be no science and no nothing without philosophy. Everything has evolved from the seed of thinking about the world.

[dontlayeggs]

@lesgravions Have you ever thought that this so-called "today's society" is bit overrated?

[danilianian]

@dontlayeggs absolutely not

[lesgravions]

@dontlayeggs Honestly, it was what we called fanaticism.... We human work in complementary invention based society. You cannot live alone by yourself reading literature for the rest of your life. You also need to make a contribution, and the contribution you would make is also based on others contribution.

Surely you can still live by just eating, drinking, having sex, and blah-blah-blah. But if that so, you cannot live in today society where everybody appreciate each other

[olegapostol]

Wow , its very interesting lecture .