Talking About Books—Literature and Life with Dr. Mark Schenker

The Fairfield Public Library is happy to announce that popular discussion leader, Dr. Mark Schenker, will be presenting a lecture series on Literature and Life this fall.  The series will be held on Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Rotary Room at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road on October 6, October 20, October 27 and November 10.

In an introductory lecture, Dr. Schenker will explore how “the common reader”—Virginia Woolf’s phrase for the reader who is neither a critic nor a scholar—can increase the pleasure and understanding that the non-specialist seeks in literature.  In the lectures that follow, he will consider how our reading experience is always inflected by life, which can include the contemporary milieu, the historical context, or the influence of other works of literature.

Oct. 6                    Literature and Life:  A Way of Reading
                Oct. 20                  “Greeks Bearing Gifts”:  An Introduction to Greek Mythology
                Oct. 27                  “When in Rome”:  An Introduction to Romany Mythology
                Nov. 10                 Monsters for their Times:  Frankenstein and Dracula

Dr. Schenker is an Associate Dean at Yale College and Dean of Academic Affairs, and a part-time lecturer in the English Department.  He has led book discussions at the Fairfield Public Library for over a decade, and has given numerous lectures on writers and their works.

To register for this lecture series or for more information call 203-256-3160 or visit us online at www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org.  Follow the Fairfield Public Library on  Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook:  www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.  All events at the Fairfield Public Library are free of charge.