Rereading Classics: Experiencing Art and Cultural Theory

COURSE FEATURES
Barthes writes, “Those who fail to reread are obliged to read the same story everywhere.” Then, how can we reread classics in a new light during each rereading? If we agree with what Oscar Wilde says, “It is through art, and through art only, that we can realize our perfection,” how possible can the rereading of classics be consummated by art and cultural theory? How can classics, in return, help to read art and cultural theory differently?

This course continues to explore the possible relationships between art and cultural theory. The attempt this time is made through re-\reading classics with the following topics:

(1) Ai Wei Wei, Duchamp and detournement: rereading “traditions”;
(2) Eternal return of the different: Journey to the West and Carmen;
(3) Classic beauty of homosexual youth: Symposium, Death in Venice, and beyond; and
(4) Infinite responsibility to classics: Hamlet, Abraham, Ip Man, Derrida, and more.

No prior knowledge is needed. Or it only foils us from rereading classics in a contemporary manner

COURSE CODE
23-FA000044-1AP

TUTOR
Dr. FONG Ho Yin
Dr. FONG Ho Yin teaches literary and cultural studies in various tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. He is writing a book tentatively entitled as Walking Everyday Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei in Literary and Cultural Studies. He received a PhD degree in Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong in 2007.

CLASS
4

ENROL LIMIT
25

PERIOD
16/10/2023 – 13/11/2023 (MON)
Holiday 23/10/2023

TIME
7:30pm – 9:30pm

LANGUAGE
Cantonese

FEE
HKD 1,680