主讲人：Michael Forest

讲座时间：2015年5月6日晚上6:30-9:30

讲座地点：沙河东区主教509

讲授对象：全校师生

讲座简介：

Ralph Waldo Emerson called for an American literary nationalism in which Americans would write about their own unique experiences rather than mimic the works of Europeans or other foreign countries. He also called for a reform of ethics from hierarchical and class based systems toward a sympathy with natural and democratic world of the new American west.

In 1939, John Ford convinced a movie studio to make a great movie in what was previously a low budget and poorly esteemed genre ——the Western. Ford’s Stagecoach became a classic and inaugurated the Western Film as a mainstream genre in the 20th Century.

We will explore both of these ideas – American Literary Nationalism and a Frontier Ethic – as well as screen the film for an evening of viewing and discussion.

主办单位：外国语学院

主讲人介绍：

Michael Forest is Fulbright Lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University for the 2014-2015 academic year. He teaches courses in American Transcendentalism, American Pragmatism, Environmental Ethics and the Philosophy of Art & Beauty. His home institution is Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, USA where he is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy.

[编辑]：孙颖