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The North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature will meet at USC April 14–16.
Sessions will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14 and from 9 to 5 p.m. April 15 at the Clarion Townhouse and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 16 at Gambrell Hall Auditorium. Sessions on literature, gardens, architecture, writing, painting, music, and philosophy are planned for the conference.
“This is truly the glory days of France, during the reign of Louis XIV when France reigned supreme culturally and militarily,” said Buford Norman, a USC professor of French literature.
A highlight of the event will be a special concert of 17th-century French music for voice, harpsichord, and viola da gamba featuring Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano, and Les Voix Humaines and Capriccio Stravagante with director Skip Sempe at 7:30 p.m. April 15 in the School of Music Recital Hall. Admission is free.
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“I suggested the topics because of my interest in relations between literature and music, which has given me insights into methods of formal analysis of literature, a deeper appreciation of the forms of lyric poetry, and an interest into how readers and audiences acquire the knowledge necessary to appreciate certain arts,” Buford said.
Registration fee for the complete conference, including all meals, is $110. USC faculty and friends can attend an occasional session free of charge.
For more information, go to www.cas.sc.edu/dllc/fren/Events.Activities/nasscfl/nasscfl.html or call Buford Norman, languages, literatures, and cultures, at 7-2658 or 7-4881.
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