w88 casino News（English CollegeFeed)On the afternoon of October 26, Professor Sandro Jung, a well-known international scholar and director of the Text Culture Research Center of Fudan University, gave a wonderful lecture titled "Eighteenth-Century Literary Material Culture" to the teachers and students of the w88 casino of English in the 1412 multi-functional conference hall of Chengxin Building. Before the lecture, Vice President Hong Junjie met with Professor Sandro Jung in the administration building and had in-depth and comprehensive exchanges and discussions with him on topics such as the internationalization of foreign language disciplines and high-level scientific research output. At the beginning of the lecture, Professor Jin Bing, Vice Dean of the w88 casino of English, introduced Professor Sandro Jung’s outstanding academic achievements and warmly welcomed his arrival.
In lecture,Sandro Using the framework of transmediation, Professor Jung selected three important texts from the 18th century - Samuel Richardson's "Pamela", James Thomson's "The Four Seasons" and Lawrence Sterne's "The Emotional Journey", focusing on Note how the illustrations in the original text were adapted and appropriated on new material media (such as fans, snuff bottles, clay pots, etc.), thus telling the media transformation and meaning changes of literary illustrations on different utensils, and how literary works are re-disseminated through this series of visual interpretation lenses. On the one hand, the cross-mediality of illustrations plays an important role in shaping social texts when speculating on and recalling literary meanings, and offers the possibility of redefining the concept of social texts. The objects in the text thus become a visual narrative medium that shapes the public's perception of the literary work. On the other hand, Professor Jung pointed out that all the objects or media he introduced represent the layering of textual knowledge. Through further interpretation of illustration works or expansion of imagination, readers and viewers also create their own narratives in this cross-media experience. Therefore, the cross-media communication of illustrations expands the acceptance and experience of literary works. Although the interpretations of object designers or readers may not always be accurate, through readers and viewers, literature is given a power of self-recreation.
This lecture attracted nearly a hundred teachers and students. The atmosphere was warm and everyone spoke enthusiastically during the question-and-answer session. There were in-depth discussions and exchanges on issues such as the function of illustrations, the relationship between illustrations and text, and the differences between material culture and other theoretical research approaches. Vice Dean Jin Bing spoke highly of the active participation and academic enthusiasm of teachers and students. She said in her summary,Professor Jung’s lecture vividly explained the importance of material culture to the interpretation of literary works, the matter matters, which demonstrated new ideas and multi-dimensional historical perspectives in literary research. At the same time, material culture and cross-media illustrations are also important components of cultural heritage. Through these cultural heritage, we can better understand the development and evolution of human culture from the extension of literary texts. The College of English will continue to hold similar high-end academic lectures to provide more academic exchange and learning opportunities for teachers and students of the college and promote high-level academic development of the college.
