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SUMMARY:Teorema (Pasolini\, 1968): A Roundtable on Film and Literature wit
 h Ali Smith\, Robert Gordon and Lucia Yandoli - Ali Smith\, novelist\; Pro
 f. Robert Gordon and Lucia Yandoli (Department of Italian\, University of 
 Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Hannah Mowat
DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge Screen Media Group at CRASSH starts the new term
  with a truly unmissable\, interdisciplinary\nand interactive roundtable o
 n film and literature focusing on Pier Paulo Pasolini's 1968 film\, Teorem
 a. We are delighted to welcome:\n\n*Ali Smith*\, novelist and Weidenfeld V
 isiting Professor in European Comparative Literature\, University of Oxfor
 d (2012)\, who will be reading from her 2005 novel\, The Accidental\, offe
 ring a modern-day reworking of Theorem's theme of angelic intrusion\; \n\n
 *Robert Gordon*\, Professor of Modern Italian Culture\, University of Camb
 ridge\, presenting on 'Teorema: Book and Film\, Words and Silences'\;\n\nf
 ollowed by *Lucia Yandoli*\, graduate student in the Department of Italian
 \, University of Cambridge\, with a paper on 'The ecstasy in Teorema'\n\nT
 he seminar will take place at 5pm (for 5.15pm) on the CRASSH premises. As 
 always\,\nthe floor will be opened up afterwards for a lively Q&A.\n\nAll 
 welcome\, no registration required.\n\n--------------------\n\n*About the 
 speakers:*\n\nAli Smith is a writer and 2012 Weidenfeld Visiting Professor
  in European Comparative Literature\, University of Oxford. Her 2005 novel
  - and Whitbread Prize-winner - The Accidental\, was lauded by The Guardia
 n for its 'infectious sense of fun and invention'. She has been shortliste
 d for both the Orange and Man Booker Prizes (2001\, 2005)\, and is a proli
 fic short story writer who strongly believes that '[s]tories can change li
 ves if we're not careful. They will come in and take the shirts off our ba
 cks. Tell the right stories and we live better lives'.\n\nRobert Gordon is
  Head of the Department of Italian and Reader in Modern Italian Culture at
  the University of Cambridge.\n\nLucia Yandoli is a filmmaker and PhD stud
 ent in the Department of Italian at the University of Cambridge.\n
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 
 9DP
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