Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Brock University
500 Glenridge Ave L2S 3A1 Saint Catharines, ON, Canada

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Friday 31 January 2020 3:30-5:00 pm Victoria University Common Room 89 Charles Street West (rear entrance Burwash Hall) ... Victoria College ABSTRACT Dante's Inferno has inspired countless illustrations, maps, paintings and sculptures, including Auguste Rodin's Gates of Hell, originally commissioned in 1880 for the doors of a museum that was never built. But aside from 4-5 figures (Dante, Paolo, Francesca and Ugolino), the other 180+ figures in Rodin's Portal seem to bear little correspondence to Dante's Inferno. This presentation will investigate the evolution of Rodin's Porte de l'Enfer, from the early sketches, architectural designs and maquettes to its final form, in attempt to identify Rodin's influences and models. While the Portal cannot be considered an adaptation of Dante's text, some figures bear more correspondence than one would think, even after being freed from Hell and given a life of their own (Dante becomes The Thinker and Paolo and Francesca become The Kiss). Although divided by more than five centuries, both Dante and Rodin share and depict the universal struggles of a suffering humanity. BIOGRAPHY Ernesto Virgulti is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Brock University.

Francophone Events January March 2020: Everyone is welcome! Tuesday, 28 January 2020 : Experience Expo/Foire d'emploi - Ian D. Beddis Gym 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Fireside Chat on the importance of being bilingual at the workplace: French at 12:05 p.m.) ... Monday, 3 February 2020 : Dr. Renée-Claude Breitenstein, MLLC, "I am Named the Truth-Speaking Advocate of Ladies ": Defending Women in Manuscript and Print (Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Speaker Series), talk presented in English from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Welch Hall 207. Thursday, 6 February 2020: SOFIFRAN / Nafée Faïgou Cultural workshop ‘Textes et textiles’, 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in STH 201. Friday and Saturday, 6 et 7 March 2020: First-ever Salon du livre du Niagara, organized by SOFIFRAN. Foyer of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

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