BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5251-c24c042cfa6db46e84b2dac34df953cd@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260311T214311Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210217T150000 SUMMARY:Rhythm as Ontology: Ancient Greece, Africa, and the Iberian Renaissance DESCRIPTION:\nLecture by Vincent Barletta (Associate Professor\, Stanfor d University): Looking at classical and Renaissance poetry\, it'\;s p ossible to develop a theory of rhythm that corresponds neatly with Plato nic ideas of time\, number\, and movement. \n\nMore than one early moder n editor\, in fact\, presents the Italianate verses of Iberian poets Gar cilaso de la Vega and Luí\;s Vaz de Camõ\;es (closely relate d to the imperial politics of his time) in precisely these terms. There is\, they say\, "\;numeric harmony"\; in the work \;of these poets. In the present paper\, I argue that this view of rhythm ignores a broad current of poetic theory and practice\, with roots in Presocrati c thought\, that links rhythm to philosophical questions of being. \n\nU sing examples from numerous languages and traditions (including the Gree k\, Hebrew\, Spanish\, and Portuguese ones)\, my goal is to present a mo re complete view of rhythm in the early modern period -- one that connec ts it to deeper concerns regarding agency\, otherness\, subjectivity\, a nd what Lé\;opold Sé\;dar Senghor has referred to as the &qu ot\;architecture of being."\;\n\nPlease email Juan Udaondo Alegre at jpu105@psu.edu for Zoom details.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la .psu.edu/event/rhythm-as-ontology/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Lecture by Vinc ent Barletta (Associate Professor, Stanford University): Looking at clas sical and Renaissance poetry, it's possible to develop a theory of r hythm that corresponds neatly with Platonic ideas of time, number, and m ovement.

More than one early modern editor, in fact, presents the Italianate verses of Iberian poets Garcilaso de la Vega and Luís Vaz de Camões (closely related to the imperial politics of his t ime) in precisely these terms. There is, they say, "numeric harmony " in the work of these poets. In the present paper, I argue th at this view of rhythm ignores a broad current of poetic theory and prac tice, with roots in Presocratic thought, that links rhythm to philosophi cal questions of being.

Using examples from numerous languages an d traditions (including the Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and Portuguese ones) , my goal is to present a more complete view of rhythm in the early mode rn period -- one that connects it to deeper concerns regarding agency, o therness, subjectivity, and what Léopold Sédar Senghor has referred to as the "architecture of being."

Please emai l Juan Udaondo Alegre at jpu105@psu.edu< /a> for Zoom details.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/rhyt hm-as-ontology/

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