Laura Borràs, professor of comparative literature at the University of Barcelona, is responsible for conducting this series of lectures highlighting the validity and relevance of the classics, in a time when the economic crisis also involves a crisis of values. For this specialist, reading classic authors is a space for reflection on the human condition.
It is celebrated at CaixaForum Palma from September 27 to October 25 with a total of five conferences:
27.09.2012: An introduction to reading. Validity and relevance of the classics
04.10.2012: Sophocles' Oedipus: a tragedy of knowledge
11.10.2012: The Unknown Masterpiece by Balzac: creation and destruction. When is a painting finished?
18.10.2012: The teachers of James Joyce: Literature and Music
25.10.2012: Kafka's Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis and transformations
Climb up to the terraces to see Palma from above: bay, bell tower, flying buttresses and rose window (guided tours in shifts)
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Warm summer nights, a big screen under the stars, and a carefully curated selection of films for all ages. Open-air cinema returns to Palma this summer with ...
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Sponsored by the Ecological Production Association of Mallorca and the Association of Local Varieties. Sale of ecological agro food products ...
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