| Conference
'Modern Classics'

Although it sounds paradoxical, classic books usually are because they are extremely modern. They raise questions of the greatest viability for us and constitute an essential source for understanding Western civilization. This lecture features a series of five classics by the hand of Laura Borras, professor of comparative literature at the University of Barcelona.

Titles and dates of the conference:
Thursday October 3. Words, words, words: The dilemma on life, death and love in Shakespeare's  Hamlet

Thursday, 10 October. All the time in the world in one instant: Goethe's  Faust

Thursday, 17 October. When the monsters are human: Frankenstein  by Mary Shelley

Thursday, 24 October. The books against life: Flaubert's Madame Bovary

Thursday, 31 October. Struggle and Survival: Mirall trencat  of Mercè Rodoreda