Impossible Trinity & Invisible Story Teller: A Creative Writing Approach to Eileen Chang’s Romances

不可能三角與不現身的說書人：張愛玲《傳奇》的讀寫攻略 分享嘉賓 Speaker:  邵棟 博士 Dr. Shawn SHAO (HKMU)主持人 Moderator: 黃心村 教授 Prof. Nicole HUANG (HKU)日期時間 Date & Time: March 26, 2024 (Tue) 16:30-18:00pm語言 Language: 普通話 Putonghua地點 Venue: KK101, K.K. Leung Building, Main Campus, HKU 摘要 Abstract:《傳奇》作為張愛玲成名之作，為讀者研討品味久矣。而張愛玲其中的寫作策略，也成為學者與小說家們關心的文化政治與敘述技巧的表徵。《傳奇》是否完美無缺？張愛玲有哪些常用的寫作手段？模仿張愛玲如何可能？將成為本次講演會嘗試解答的部分問題。本次演講《傳奇》這本書的寫作策略和閱讀策略，內容會分為以下幾個部分：其一對張愛玲《傳奇》中的名篇（《封鎖》、《第一爐香》等作品）做創意寫作的拆解分析，詮釋其中的連環畫式的分場與剪輯技巧，以及其它常用敘事手段；其二，以《金鎖記》《傾城之戀》等為例，分析張愛玲女性書寫中慾望、道德、金錢的不可能三角；其三，敘事者的在場不在場，和張愛玲寫作的信心問題。  As the work that brought Eileen Chang fame, Romances has long been a subject of discussion and admiration among readers. Chang’s writing strategies in this work have also become emblematic of cultural politics and narrative …

Leo Africanus Decolonised?

Speaker:Anthony Ossa-Richardson, Lecturer in English Literature, UCLModerator:Beth Harper, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKUDate: Monday, March 11, 2024Time: 5:00 pm Hong Kong Time (9:00 am London)Venue: On Zoom Last year Anthony Ossa-Richardson published (with his colleague Richard Oosterhoff) a translation of the 1526 Cosmography and Geography of Africa by the Moroccan diplomat al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, …

Fear of Seeing: A Poetics of Chinese Science Fiction

Speaker: Mingwei Song, Professor of Chinese Literature, Wellesley College Moderator: Pei-yin Lin, Associate Professor, School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong Date: Thursday, 7 March 2024Time: 4:30 pm (Hong Kong Time)Venue: CBA, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU “Fear of seeing” constitutes the converting point of my thinking about the poetics of science fiction. Overcoming …