时间：5月14日 星期四晚上7:00-8:30

地点：乐育C310

题目：The Study of Revenge: a survey of revenge as a theme in the history of western culture.

演讲人：Mr. David Riddiford

Mr. David Riddiford has been working at BNUZ for about 10 years, teaching Ancient Greek Culture, Drama, British Literature, speaking, etc. Before his time here he worked in universities and colleges in Shanghai, Beijing and Xian, and going back even further into history you can find evidence of him working as a university/high school teacher in Australia.

His educational background is all English related – Bachelor and Master’s degree majoring in English literature (La Trobe) and an English and ESL related teaching degree (Melbourne).

演讲内容简介：

In ancient Greece justice had evolved from one of simple revenge into a more objective judicial system that included codified law, and a court system with jury etc. Nonetheless the idea of revenge as justice has persisted as a theme in various narratives at various times in Western history. The great revenge stories of the ancient Greek narratives influenced Roman poetry and drama, which in turn influenced Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the epic poetry of Milton. The most recent manifestation of revenge as a major theme in narrative can be seen in modern cinema and theatre. In the lecture David will look at some examples of the revenge theme from all of these periods and attempt to make some relevant connections between them.