Thursday April 3rd, 12:30 PM
Lecture: Simon Goldhill, Kings College, Cambridge
“What Multiple Authorship Does to Metaphors of Reception”
This talk will look at the issue of co-authorship (which, incidentally, always raises eyebrows in promotion committees where nobody, it seems, can get their heads around how to evaluate 'contribution'). Specifically, it looks at how co-production introduces fascinating questions about 'voice' . In particular, it looks at three sets of material: John Cage's ballet 'Second Hand',/'Cheap Imitation'; Gilbert and George's installation art; and, in between and at greatest length, works of scriptural paraphrase in Greek from the fourth century and in Latin from the early modern era. (Art, music, literature, theology...) I discuss how 'speaking in another's voice' - or 're-voicing' – becomes a complex metaphor for reception. The paper argues against many prevalent models of reception in favor of a fractal sense of fissured voices.
Sponsored by the Humanities Institute Working Group: Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor
