Date: 14 April 2014
Topic: Traces of Ancient Times and Oddities of the Mind – The Greek Poet C. P. Cavafy(1863-1933)
Speaker: Dr. Dimitri Drettas (Senior Research Associate, Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU)
Abstract: 卡瓦菲是現代歐洲文學的巨擘之一,他的詩歌主題經常環繞轉瞬即逝的愛情故事,當中形塑了當時亞歷山大城生活的疏離與異化,並活用歷史與神話資源,以精緻的語言反思希臘的文化傳統。賀旦思博士將介紹卡瓦菲詩歌的美學意涵及其跨文化的意義。