The Translation Reading Group
Monday 14 May 2012, 5.00PM
Group discussion on Alice Oswald's Memorial
Join us for an open discussion of Alice Oswald's new version of the Iliad, Memorial. Oswald's startling poem rewrites the epic in a way that is deeply conscious of its oral nature. She writes: 'This translation of the Iliad's atmosphere, not its story.... [It] takes away its narrative, as you might lift the roof off a church to remember what you are worshipping.' Is translation an act of selective worship?
(Extracts will be made available in advance).
Location: Seminar Room L/N/006, Langwith