Hilary Term 2023 Evening Lecture Series: Life Stories: Literature as Biography, Autobiography & Beyond

Date: 04 April 2023
Time: 19:00 - 20:00

Evening Lecture Series 2023: Life Stories: Literature as Biography, Autobiography & Beyond



About this Event Life writing can encompass many forms and genres: memoir, biography and autobiography, hagiography, letters, diaries, personal essays, confessions, clinical and psychoanalytical case studies, eyewitness testimonies and many more. Life writing has even been understood to encompass the biographies of material objects and institutions. Currently, we are in the middle of a vogue for "autofictions," i.e. texts which blur the classical distinction between novel and memoir. Why do we take the trouble to write down a life? Maybe because it gives a form to life which it would otherwise lack? Would we even be ourselves without the stories we keep telling about ourselves? And doesn't every life story contain an element of distortion and fictionality, either intentionally or inadvertently? This series of evening lectures will engage with the aesthetic, ethical, and psychological aspects of life writing across its many forms, focusing on the fringes where biography blends with other genres. Fee €50 for the entire series. Individual lectures are €5 each. Concessionary rates for the full series will be €40 or individual lecture €4 each. The concessionary rate applies to: students, OAPs, unemployed, groups of 20+; TCD staff and Graduates. Date, Time and Place Tuesdays 19:00-20:00 Thomas Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. This will be a hybrid event and also avialble online. Tickets available via Eventbrite. Online/Video Recordings of Lectures The lectures are happening live in the Thomas Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. However they will also be recorded. If you purchased a ticket to a particular lecture, to several lectures, or to the entire series, you will be emailed a link to the video recording of the lecture or lectures as soon as these are available (usually the very next day). Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/life-stories-tcd-school-of-english-evening-lectures-2023-tickets-489334812597 

Campus Location

Arts Building and Thomas Davis

Category

Ongoing event

Type of Event

Arts and Culture,Lectures and Seminars,Library,Public

Audience

Retired Staff,Undergrad,Postgrad,Alumni,Faculty & Staff,Public

Contact Name

Ms Sophia Ni Sheoin

Contact Email

Room

Thomas Davis Theatre

Cost

€50 for the entire series. Individual lectures are €5 each. Concessionary rates for the full series will be €40 or individual lecture €4 each. The concessionary rate applies to: students, OAPs, unemployed, groups of 20+; TCD staff and Graduates.

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