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通识沙龙 – Death Becomes Her: The Suicide of Cleopatra in Literature and Art
2011年2月18日
晚上7-9时
科学馆 1 号演讲厅
Prof. Robert Gurval Visiting Fulbright Scholar 2010-11, Office of University General Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Department of Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
26098955
The suicide of Cleopatra has bequeathed to western culture one of the most famous and memorable death scenes in literature, drama and the visual arts of painting, sculpture and film. The traditional story derives chiefly from the rich narrative of Plutarch’s biography of Mark Antony. Its action is driven by multiple themes of deception, deliberation, and death. The climactic moment, of course, is the bite of the asp. Surveying the literary and visual representations of Cleopatra’s dramatic death, from Horace’s celebrated Cleopatra Ode to the HBO cable network series Rome, this lecture will explore the potent symbolism of the suicide in classical antiquity and subsequent eras. It will try to answer the question whether her final act of dying by the serpent’s bite redeems Cleopatra and death becomes her.
英语主讲
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查询：rcge@cuhk.edu.hk
网上报名 ：http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oge/gesalon
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主办：
香港中文大学 大学通识教育部 通识教育研究中心
赞助：
郑承隆通识教育及哲学研究基金
