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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 Kojève and Lev Shestov, as well as literary figures including Colette Peignot, Jacques Vaché, Lautréamont, 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 Poésie (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
Consciousness and Self-Consciousness Research Centre Events
Arts Faculty Events