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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Emily Cranford\, visiting assistant professor of French\, will present the first of this year's Frieze Lecture series\,&nbsp\;a 21-year partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø to present four talks in the fall.\n\nThis year's theme is "modern lives\," in conjunction with the "French Moderns" exhibit at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.\n\nDr. Cranford&nbsp\;will talk about "Ourika" by Claire\, Duchess of Duras. The 1823 novel examines racial and sexual equality\, and inspired the 1969 John Fowles novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman."\n\nLectures are from 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays&nbsp\;at the Rock Island Main Library\, 401 19th St.\, Community Room. Free coffee\, cookies and conversation are offered after each lecture.\n\nOct. 31: Dr. Kiki Kosnick\, assistant professor of French\, will speak on Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)\, a French writer mainly of short stories. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s\, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians.\n\nNov. 6: Dr. Taddy Kalas\, professor of French\, will give a presentation on&nbsp\;the French Symbolist poet St¨¦phane Mallarm¨¦. His poem "L'apr¨¨s-midi d'un faune" so captivated the composer Claude Debussy that he crafted a symphonic treatment\, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun."\n\nNov. 13: Dr. Claire Kovacs\, director of the Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Teaching Museum of Art\, will speak on "Our Moderns: Varlden ar liten Modern Swedish and American Works\," an exhibit on view at the museum.\n
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SUMMARY:Frieze Lecture: Dr. Emily Cranford on 'Ourika'
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