MENA Monday Conversation with Abdelfattah Kilito · 2021. 3. 27. · ABDELFATTAH KILITO is a...
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A BDELFATTAH K ILITO OCT. 3 MONDAY OCT. 4 TUESDAY OCT. 7 FRIDAY MENA Monday Conversation with Abdelfattah Kilito LANGUAGES OF THE LITERATURES OF THE MAGHREB Hagstrum Room, University Hall 201 12:00 PM Free and open to everyone. Lunch will be provided. Breakfast and discussion with Abdelfattah Kilito The Penultimate Voyage: Dante, Sindbad, Ulysses The Buffett Institute for Global Studies and the Department of French & Italian along with co-sponsors the French Interdisciplinary Group (FIG), the Program in Middle East and North African Studies(MENA), and the Program of African Studies PRESENT ABDELFATTAH KILITO is a world-renowned writer, critic, translator and scholar from Morocco. His body of work on Arabic poetics, on A Thousand of One Nights, on authorship and perjury in the Arabic tradition as well as his own works of fiction distinguishes itself not only by its variety of genres but also by its originality of style and theme, navigating multiple literary and linguistic traditions. This first week-long visit to Northwestern has been made possible by a ,, Big Ideas ,, grant from the Buffett Institute for Global Studies.
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ABDELFATTAH KILITO
OCT. 3 MONDAY
OCT. 4 TUESDAY OCT. 7 FRIDAY
MENA Monday Conversation with Abdelfattah Kilito
LANGUAGES OF THE LITERATURES OF THE MAGHREB
Hagstrum Room, University Hall 20112:00 PM
Free and open to everyone. Lunch will be provided.
Breakfast and discussion with Abdelfattah Kilito
The Penultimate Voyage: Dante,
Sindbad, Ulysses
The Buffett Institute for Global Studiesand the Department of French & Italian
along with co-sponsors the French Interdisciplinary Group (FIG), the Program in Middle East and North African Studies(MENA),
and the Program of African Studies
PRESENT
ABDELFATTAH K I L I TO i s a wor ld-renowned wr i ter , cr i t i c , t rans la tor and scho lar f rom Morocco. H i s body o f work on Arab ic poe t i cs , on A Thousand o f One N igh ts , on au thorsh ip and per jury i n the Arab ic t rad i t i on as we l l as h i s own works o f f i c t i on d i s t i ngu i shes i t se l f no t on ly by i t s var i e ty o f genres bu t a l so by i t s or ig i na l i t y o f s ty l e and theme, nav igat i ng mu l t i p l e l i t erary and l i ngu i s t i c t rad i t i ons . Th i s f i r s t week- long v i s i t t o Nor thwestern has been made poss ib l e by a
, ,B ig Ideas
, , grant f rom the Bu f fe t t I n s t i tu te for G loba l S tud ies .
