On Marguerite Duras, The Lover

A Conversation for RMST 202. With Fernanda Negrete (University at Buffalo) and Jon Beasley-Murray. 00:00 Introduction 01:11 A Return to Writing: Formal Simplicity, Affective Impact 07:01 Representing the Unrepresentable: Writing between the Lines 09:49 Mysticism and Jouissance: Experience beyond Pleasure 13:17 Sexuality and Power: Desiring Subjects in the Age of #Metoo 18:23 Beyond Victimhood: Subjectivity amid Injustice 21:01 A Compulsion to Repeat: Tragic Return without Resolution 23:45 Credits Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/MN5K_xo2GyY?feature=share Lecture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlVGuLeBudI Website: http://rmst202.arts.ubc.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inventingromancestudies/ #romancestudies #rmst202