This event is in the past.It took place on December 9, 2025 at Weiser Hall.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkLRCCS Noon Lecture Series | The Image of the Book in the Performance of Reading: The Drunken Man’s Talk as a Charter Text
Burns Park
A scholar unpacks how 13th-century Chinese storytellers weaponized the image of rare books and literary knowledge—not as history, but as performative power that transformed oral tales into cultural authority.
Medieval Chinese literature
Oral tradition studies
Academic lecture
Free event
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | The Image of the Book in the Performance of Reading: The Drunken Man’s Talk as a Charter Text
Burns Park
Literature TalkLiterature TalkA scholar unpacks how 13th-century Chinese storytellers weaponized the image of rare books and literary knowledge—not as history, but as performative power that transformed oral tales into cultural authority.
Medieval Chinese literature
Oral tradition studies
Academic lecture
Free event
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