Martin Puchner: The Written World
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: March 25, 2019, 17:00 – 18:00
On the power of stories to shape nations, history and civilisation.
Literary historian and philosopher Martin Puchner is an eminent professor of English literature at Harvard and Berkeley. In his book The Written World he shows that books, epics and manifestos are not merely texts stemming from an artistic and literary tradition but themselves represent historical actors. In his literary history, therefore, language, words and literature are just as important in shaping nations and defining culture as famous commanders, inventors and revolutionaries.
The debate will be chaired by literary critic Jan M. Heller.
The evening will take place in English. Interpretation into Czech provided.