‘Performative’ reading of ‘Quo Vadis’

February 06, 2017 12:57 am | Updated 12:57 am IST - Manipal:

The Centre for Foreign Languages, Department of European Studies, Manipal University, in association with the Polish Institute, New Delhi, will organise a “performative” reading session of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s epic novel “Quo Vadis” in English, Polish and Hindi here at 4 p.m. on Monday.

A press release issued by the Manipal University here on Sunday said that the performative reading would be held at the Admissions Hall, Manipal Edu building. The reading will be animated by Monika Browarczyk, Associate Professor with doctorate in Hindi literature, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland and Bharati Jagannathan, Associate Professor at the Department of History, Miranda House, University of Delhi.

Before the reading, Dr. Browarczyk will deliver a lecture/presentation on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s life and work. The reading of the Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel is accompanied by a slide projection.

The year 2016 was announced by the Polish Senate as a year dedicated to Henryk Sienkiewicz to mark the 100th anniversary of his death. Henryk Sienkiewicz was the most outstanding Polish writer of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries and the first Polish author awarded with the Nobel Prize for literature.

On February 7, there will be another reading on “Life Stories of Incredible Women, or How to Tell the History of Poland in a Different Way” — A voyage into the rich history of Poland through the lives of five prodigious women.

Dr. Browarczyk will take a look at the unique and inspiring life stories of the five prodigious Polish women — Doubravka, Maria Countess Walewska, Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Pola Negri and Irena Sendler — which reflect the complicated and rich history of Poland, the release added.

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