Myth Matters: Werewolves, Dogmenand Biopliticsin World Literature

Seminar Room 618, Napier Building
11 & 12thMay, 2 –4.30pm
18 & 19thMay, 2 –4.30pm

Where do we draw the line between human and animal? What do mythical creatures, such as werewolves, reveal about our understanding of ourselves?

In this four part masterclass series, Prof Arnds will expand his analysis of German lycanthropy to world literature to investigate whether we can detect universal aesthetic responses to political violence or whether different cultures and their traumatic pasts produce varying aesthetics.

For more information and to register, visit the J.M Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice.

Professor Peter Arnds