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Reading Group: Communion de Bataille
This reading group, or 'communion', focuses on the work of Georges Bataille and his henchmen, including but not limited to Andre Masson, Roger Caillois, Michel Leiris, Pierre Klossoski, Raymond Queneau. Alexandre Koj猫ve and Lev Shestov, as well as literary figures including Colette Peignot, Jacques Vach茅, Lautr茅amont, Marques de Sade, Baudelaire, Catherine of Siena and Meister Eckart.
A few key texts will be analysed:
Le Coupable (1944) Guilty
L'Erotisme (1957) Eroticism
La Haine de la Po茅sie (1947) The Hatred of Poetry
L'Impossible (1962) The Impossible
La literature et le Mal (1957) Literature and Evil
Open to all.
See also:
Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature & The Arts Events
糖心TV Mind and Action Research Centre (WMA)
Arts Faculty Events