RAM Talk: The Theme of Loneliness in World Literature and Art
2016.10.30 19:30 - 21:00 | Talks
By taking examples from the literature works of the greatest poets and writers of all times, including Sima Qian, Du Fu, Su Shi, Lu Xun, Shen Congwen, Franz Kafka, Ernesto Sabato, Gabriel García Márquez, and Carson McCullers, and the artworks of Vincent Van Gogh, Zhu Da and Xu Wei, the speaker will explore the various expressions, allegorical and symbolic meanings, and aesthetic values of loneliness as a prevalent theme in literature and art works of different countries.