Title: The Contemporary Presentations of the Classical Repertoire on the Modern French Stage
Lecturer: Christian Biet (Professor of the History and Aesthetics of Theater at Paris Ouest University Nanterre La Défense)
Chairperson: Ivan Ruvidic (Research Fellow, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University)
Date: 7 pm, October 31st, 2019 (Thursday)
Venue: Room 3102, Building of School of Humanities, Minhang Campus, ECNU
Sponsor: Si-mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, ECNU
Abstract of the Lecture:
The conference will present the classical French playwrights, such as Corneille, Racine, Molière and other classic authors, as well as the way they are today treated and represented on the contemporary French stage.
Brief Introduction of the Lecturer:
Christian Biet is Professor of the History and Aesthetics of Theater at Paris Ouest University Nanterre La Défense (Paris 10); a member of the Institut Universitaire de France; a regular Visiting Professor at New York University; a member of the editorial committee of the French theatrical reviews Théâtre/Public and Littératures classiques; and the head of the Comédie-Française Registers Project (CFRP) - a collaboration between Paris University-West Nanterre, MIT, Harvard University, and la Comédie-Française.
