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From Nietzsche to Star Wars: The Wagnerian Power of The Ring

Thursday, April 15, 2010 : 7:30pm to 9:00pm
The Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S. Grand Ave.
Ahmanson Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free
Through his operatic Ring cycle, Wagner has profoundly influenced the way we think, feel and imagine the 21st century world.
Through his operatic Ring cycle, Wagner has profoundly influenced the way we think, feel and imagine the 21st century world. How have the Ring themes and symbols permeated literature, philosophy, psychology and even movies and cartoons? In collaboration with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences will present a panel of USC scholars, musicians and musicologists as they take on the idea of the hero, violence and the cult of masculinity, "the mythic," the development of fascist theories (and governments), the power of the unconcious, the allure of death, and the mob. No singing required; mind-opening insights guaranteed.
Moderator: James R. Kincaid, USC Aerol Arnold Professor of English
Panelists:
Leo B. Braudy, University Professor and Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature and Professor of English
Roberto Ignacio Diáz, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature
John P. Nuckols, Vice President, Advancement, LA Opera
John Carlos Rowe, USC Associates Chair in Humanities and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity
Registration will open in Spring 2010.



