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| The Ethical Responsibility of the Writer: George Eliot Meets Elizabeth Costello Event 187 | ||
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George Eliot is often named as the greatest writer of realist fiction in the English language. For her, realism entailed a commitment to truthfulness. She once referred to her novels as faithfully mirroring life and compared the role of the responsible author to that of a witness giving evidence under oath. More recently J. M. Coetzee has Elizabeth Costello question what realism might mean today and what is the ethical responsibility of the writer. Moira Gatens aims to construct a conversation between these writers, and their personae, in order to explore the ethics of writing and reading. Presented with the School of Philosophy, Monash University. Lecture | Nonfiction, Fiction |
Participants Moira Gatens When Friday, May 22 2009 16:00 - 17:00 Where Sydney Dance Company, Studio 2/3 Pier 4/5, Hickson Road Walsh Bay Cost Free Schedule | |
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