Seminar with Professor Mark Seltzer

2023-04-18

Seminar with Professor Mark Seltzer

Host: Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University (NTU)

Time: Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm

Venue: Room 115, College of Liberal Arts, NTU

 

Mark Seltzer, Evan Frankel Professor of Literature in the Department of English at University of California, Los Angeles, will be visiting Taiwan in May for the symposium “The Twenty-First Century: The New Contemporary?” organized by the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures at NTU. Prof. Seltzer is an eminent scholar in modern and contemporary American literature and culture, literary theory, and systems theory. He is pleased to offer a close-reading masterclass for the local students. All are welcome. Please sign up at the following link no later than April 25 and wait for our confirmation email to be sent out by April 27. We will provide the readings. Prior preparation is expected.

 

Readings:

Rachel Cusk novel, Outline (ch. 1 & 2) + a recommended essay

 

Seminar sign-up site:

https://forms.gle/PNLZhovKHpNj4QCb6

 

Prof. Seltzer’s bio:

https://english.ucla.edu/people-faculty/seltzer-mark-i/

 

Symposium website:

https://newcontemp.wordpress.com/