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What Winter Tales Tell: The Connection Between Rohmer’s Movie and Shakespeare’s Play |
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Professor Cavell is professor emeritus at Harvard University and was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value. His major interests center on the intersection of the analytical tradition with the Continental tradition, and with American philosophy, the arts, and psychoanalysis. He is a recent recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and is a past president of the American Philosophical Association. The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series hosts an array of leaders in the areas of art, music, drama, literature, communication, art history, and aesthetics to Trinity. The series is made possible through an endowment created by Jane and the late Arthur Stieren of San Antonio. For more information, call the Trinity philosophy department at (210) 999-8305. |
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Sept. 24, 2003 – “A Tale of Winter,” French director
Eric Rohmer’s movie about the triumph of love over the longest of odds,
gets its name from Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” a tragicomedy
and one of the bard’s final plays. A scene from the play is performed
during the course of the movie. But philosopher Stanley Cavell will
argue that the connections run much deeper when he presents, “Two Tales
of Winter: Shakespeare and Eric Rohmer,” on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7:30
p.m. in Trinity University’s Chapman Auditorium. His presentation is
part of the University’s Stieren Arts Enrichment Series and admission
is free. Those who attend should first view the movie, which is available
in video stores.