George RR Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones
Dr. Carolyne Larrington teaches medieval English literature in the St John´s College Oxford.
- https://www.ni.hu-berlin.de/de/termine-ordner/sose-16/dr-carolyne-larrington-17-05-2016
- George RR Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones
- 2016-05-17T20:00:00+02:00
- 2016-05-17T22:00:00+02:00
- Dr. Carolyne Larrington teaches medieval English literature in the St John´s College Oxford.
- Was Ringvorlesung Europäische Literaturen Dag-Hammarskjöld-Vorlesung Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesung
- Wann 17.05.2016 von 20:00 bis 22:00
- Wo DOR24, Raum 1.101
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George RR Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones
In this lecture I shall outline the epic features of the series (show and books) and discuss sources and their transformations. I shall argue that, although this new epic ostensibly transcends contemporary nationalist agendas in its reimagination of a range of medieval real-world societies, it nevertheless directs fans’ attentions back out to contemporary issues through its refusal of clear moral polarisation: from climate change to the treatment of refugees, from women’s rights to western interventions in the Middle East.
The lecture will be held in English.