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CAS Associates and Fellows Noonhour Presentation -- Craig Williams, Professor of Classics: "Calling the Muses to Oklahoma: Native North American Writing on Greco-Roman Antiquity"

Event Type
Other
Sponsor
Center for Advanced Study
Location
Music Room, Levis Faculty Center, Suite 200, 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
Date
Sep 25, 2019   12:00 pm  
Speaker
Craig Williams, Professor of Classics
Cost
Free and open to the public.
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School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar

Abstract: There is a fascinating but little known history of Native North American writing on the classical cultures of Europe: in poetry, novels, short stories, essays, letters, and other genres from the seventeenth century to today, Native writers have been using the history, mythology, literature, and languages of ancient Greece and Rome to a variety of effects. Generation after generation, they have written precisely as indigenous writers in a colonial situation, highlighting their Native identity and making use of the settler-colonists' prestigious antiquity as they participate in what has been called survivance. In this presentation Professor Williams will provide a selective overview of this tradition, highlighting a few recurring themes and suggesting some interpretive frameworks. 

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