| Why do we need people to translate when we have machine translation? |
Some people ask why they should bother learning a language when there are online apps and websites which can translate quickly and accurately. |
Matthew Reynolds, Eleni Philippou, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, Adriana X Jacobs, Kate Clanchy, Mukahang Limbu |
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| Likenesses: Translation, Illustration, Interpretation |
The themes raised by Matthew Reynolds' Likenesses: Translation, Illustration, Interpretation will be discussed by Dr Jason Gaiger (Ruskin School), Dr Adriana Jacobs (Oriental Studies) and Dr Nick Halmi (English). |
Matthew Reynolds, Jason Gaiger, Adriana Jacobs, Nick Halmi, Ben Morgan |
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| M. NourbeSe Philip on the haunting of history |
M. NourbeSe Philip reads from She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks (1988) and Zong! (2008) as she describes her poetic development. |
M NourbeSe Philip, Marina Warner, Matthew Reynolds, Elleke Boehmer |
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| Comparative Criticism: What Is It and Why Do We Do It? |
Matthew Reynolds and Mohamed-Salah Omri discuss comparative literary criticism. Chaired by Valeria Taddei. |
Matthew Reynolds, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Valeria Taddei |
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| Authenticity |
Three speakers examine Authenticity in the 8th Unconscious Memory seminar. |
Andrew Parker, Hannah Drayson, Matthew Reynolds |
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| Comparative Encounters between Artaud, Michaux and the Zhuangzi |
Part of "Book at Lunchtime", a fortnightly series of bite size book discussions, with commentators from a range of disciplines. Xiaofan Amy Li discusses her new book "Comparative Encounters Between Artaud, Michaux and the Zhuangzi." |
Xiofan Amy Li, Elleke Boehmer, Wang Xing, Matthew Reynolds, Marina Warner |
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| Remembering the Corpus [Part 3] |
LAL’s importance to comparative literature and ways of reading. Marina Warner leads discussion with Dominique Jullien, Ros Ballaster, Wen-chin Ouyang and Matthew Reynolds. |
Marina Warner, Dominique Jullien, Ros Ballaster, Wen-Chin Ouyang, Matthew Reynolds |
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| Translation and Ekphrasis: Dante and the visual arts |
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? |
Robin Kirkpatrick, Jas Elsner, Matthew Reynolds, Andrew Klevan |
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| OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part two |
Short presentation by Dr Matthew Reynolds (English) followed by discussion. |
Matthew Reynolds |
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| Translations as Literature |
Matthew Reynolds, Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. |
Matthew Reynolds |
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| Translation as Literature |
Matthew Reynolds, Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, Oxford, gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. |
Matthew Reynolds |
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| Round Table: The Future of Comparative Criticism |
Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri and Terence Cave on the futures of comparative criticism; followed by discussion. |
Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Terence Cave |
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