The Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor working group is hosting a workshop with Tom Hawkins (Classics, OSU) on Monday, December 9th from 12:45 to 2:15 pm in Hagerty 198.
Abstract: Hawkins hocks a hack
In this conversation, I will present my engagement with hacking as a literary and scholarly idea in Hacking Classical Forms in Haitian Literature (Routledge 2023). For our shared project of exploring ‘metaphors of reception,’ any specific case study generates questions of scope, limitations, alternatives, and advantages. Why did I choose hacking as a central concept for a monograph about the influence of ancient Greco-Roman material on Haitian literature? How would the book have been different if it were framed around another metaphor (e.g., the hermeneutic triangle, the horizon of expectations, appropriation, translation)? Such questions will open onto wider topics about the general applicability of hacking (or any specific metaphor) to reception studies and its role in mapping the reception of reception studies.
The Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor (MoRRaM) working group explores the importance of metaphor in relation to classical reception studies, an interdisciplinary field that tracks the interpretation and use of ancient Greek and Roman sources in wide-ranging geographical and historical contexts. The diverse metaphors used to figure the relationship between texts have not yet been the topic of sustained, thematic scholarly research, and the metaphor of reception itself has received little attention, either within Classics or in other literary fields which engage with Greek and Roman texts and cultures.
Sponsored by the Humanities Institute and the Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor working group.
