Ethical Literary Criticism
19-04-2013 Ethical Literary Criticism: Ethical Choice and Studies of Literature
Speaker
Prof. Nie Zhen-Zhao
Date Time
19 Apr 2013 10:00 AM -
19 Apr 2013 12:00 PM
Venue
Bilik Mesyuarat Dekan II, FSSS, University of Malaya
Language
Chinese
On 19 April, 2013, Professor Nie Zhen-Zhao, Professor of Faculty of Arts at the Central China Normal University, was invited to give a talk on “Ethical literary criticism: Ethical choice and studies of literature”. His talk outlined the relationship between literature and ethics. He defines Ethical Literary Criticism as constituting written perspectives on the social ethics of a community. Specifically, such literature reflects on the ethical sphere of community life and the moral state of a society.