Open AccessLiterary Heritage and European Identity
Author(s) -
Peter Hanenberg
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rever
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2236-580X
pISSN - 1677-1222
DOI - 10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol18i3a3
Subject(s) - utopia , relation (database) , humanism , identity (music) , function (biology) , cultural heritage , aesthetics , sociology , linguistics , history , literature , art , art history , political science , philosophy , law , computer science , archaeology , database , evolutionary biology , biology
Thomas Morus' Utopia, Luís de Camões' The Lusiads or Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Nathan the Wise belong to the European canon – but are mostly read within their national linguistic contexts. It is necessary to recognize how much they have built a common European identity referring to concepts like critical thinking, the relation with extra-European cultures or tolerance. The module will suggest transnational readings of the literary heritage in its function as agent of promoting and translating European humanism.