BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news313@daw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220829T142757 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190503T141500 SUMMARY:Poetik der Neuen Welt / The poetics of the New World in early moder n epic DESCRIPTION:The early modern period was a time of transformative change on a global scale as formerly unconnected parts of the world came into contac t for the first time (especially in the wake of Columbus's epoch-defining crossing of the Atlantic in 1492)\, causing horizons – both geographical and epistemological – to expand radically. This posed a number of inter pretative challenges. One of the tools by which Europeans sought to make s ense of what they encountered was through and in relation to the classical tradition. But how was America accommodated within a cultural tradition f irst developed by the ancient Greco-Roman inhabitants of the Mediterranean Basin\, who did not have the first idea of America's existence? And what happened once the classical tradition was transmitted to America itself – imported in the form of books\, imparted in the classrooms – where i t took root and swiftly took on a thriving life of its own? Focusing on li terary responses and drawing on the tradition of early modern poetry in pa rticular\, this presentation will seek to consider some of these questions .\\r\\nDr. Maya Feile Tomes ist Junior Research Fellow in Classics sowie M odern and Medieval Languages an Christ’s College\, Cambridge.\\r\\nWeite re Informationen und Anmeldung: Dr. C. Scheidegger Lämmle\, cedric.scheid egger@unibas.ch X-ALT-DESC:

The early modern period was a time of transformative change o n a global scale as formerly unconnected parts of the world came into cont act for the first time (especially in the wake of Columbus's epoch-definin g crossing of the Atlantic in 1492)\, causing horizons – both geographic al and epistemological – to expand radically. This posed a number of int erpretative challenges. One of the tools by which Europeans sought to make sense of what they encountered was through and in relation to the classic al tradition. But how was America accommodated within a cultural tradition first developed by the ancient Greco-Roman inhabitants of the Mediterrane an Basin\, who did not have the first idea of America's existence? And wha t happened once the classical tradition was transmitted to America itself – imported in the form of books\, imparted in the classrooms – where i t took root and swiftly took on a thriving life of its own? Focusing on li terary responses and drawing on the tradition of early modern poetry in pa rticular\, this presentation will seek to consider some of these questions .

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Dr. Maya Feile Tomes ist Junior Research Fellow in Classics sowi e Modern and Medieval Languages an Christ’s College\, Cambridge.

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Weitere Informationen und Anmeldung: Dr. C. Scheidegger Lämmle\, cedric. scheidegger@unibas.ch

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