Time & Literature: A Joint Session
Location
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
25-9-2014 4:30 PM
Description
2014 MA program graduate Hillary Rector will begin with her talk “The Edge of Time” concerning the ways in which an edge of time, or cusp between two worlds, creates an in-between space surrounded by eras that are more clearly categorized. This liminal space, which allows life’s biggest questions to come to the fore and the established routines of daily living to become unfixed, can be found in works by Wendell Berry and Tony Earley, where readers can examine what exactly happens to individuals and communities when times are changing. Then joining us by Skype from a time zone half way around the world, Allison Rau will present her paper “What Time Is It in Paradise? Examining Time Inside Eternity in Paradise Lost,” an analysis of Milton’s masterwork which reveals how the poet’s strategic treatment of time conveys the author’s own views of life and faith. The presentation will explore Milton’s ideas on how God, Satan, and Adam and Eve each experience time, as well as how time affects how we as humans relate to God.
Recommended Citation
Rector, Hillary and Rau, Allison, "Time & Literature: A Joint Session" (2014). Humanities Symposium. 10.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2014/2014/10
Time & Literature: A Joint Session
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
2014 MA program graduate Hillary Rector will begin with her talk “The Edge of Time” concerning the ways in which an edge of time, or cusp between two worlds, creates an in-between space surrounded by eras that are more clearly categorized. This liminal space, which allows life’s biggest questions to come to the fore and the established routines of daily living to become unfixed, can be found in works by Wendell Berry and Tony Earley, where readers can examine what exactly happens to individuals and communities when times are changing. Then joining us by Skype from a time zone half way around the world, Allison Rau will present her paper “What Time Is It in Paradise? Examining Time Inside Eternity in Paradise Lost,” an analysis of Milton’s masterwork which reveals how the poet’s strategic treatment of time conveys the author’s own views of life and faith. The presentation will explore Milton’s ideas on how God, Satan, and Adam and Eve each experience time, as well as how time affects how we as humans relate to God.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Academic Lecture