CafeLitt 86: Postmodern Literature

Subject: Postmodern Literature
Date: Thursday 28 August , 19:00
Presented by: Taraneh Javanbakht (Website: www.javanbakht.net )
Palce: Presse Cafe, 1446, Ste.Cathrine Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3G 1R3
Metro Guy-Concordia

“Postmodern literature” is an interesting field of the contemporary literature which contains an attractive frency for the auhors and readers of the texts eluding from the structuralist approach. The text elements: body, form and structure, are like the wooden pieces floating on the waves of water, without any conveying orientation of sense. Polyphony, deconstruction and Schizophrenic image are three important aspects of a postmodern text (poem, novel, play, scenario, ...), the criteria to distinguish a different text from a postmodern one.

CafeLitt 85:An introduction to Classical Music II

Subject: An introduction to Classical Music II
Date: Thursday 21 August , 19:00
Presented by: Farrokh Vahabzadeh
Palce: Presse Cafe, 1446, Ste.Cathrine Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3G 1R3
Metro Guy-Concordia

He Continued his presentation from Romanticism to Music of today.

CafeLitt 84:Artistic theories in Iran- Clash of rapture and ideology

Subject: Artistic theories in Iran- Clash of rapture and ideology

Presented by: Siamak Del zendeh
Date: Thursday 14 August , 19:00
Palce: Presse Cafe, 1446, Ste.Cathrine Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3G 1R3
Metro Guy-Concordia

Artistic theory in the “West” has had a controvertial role through the course of 20^th century, mostly based on philosophical and psychological theories rather than on esthetiques or art practice per se. the consequence: visual and esthetique principals have been replaced by ideological manifestos and artists’ statements. Whilst, during the same period art critics in Iran have been doing a lot of effort to establish and develop an artistic theory based on the dramatic dichotomy of the Modern and traditional. This talk aims to open a new discussion based on concentrating on a new reading of the history of arts in Iran. And will pay attention to the emergence of a new flourishing period of art practice in Iran today.

CafeLitt 83: DAR ASTANEH;Homage to Ahmad Shamlou

Subject: در آستانه : Homage to Ahmas Shamlou
Date: Thursday 7th Agu. , 19:00
Presented by: MISA and CafeLitt
Location:The ballroom, Thomson House of McGill University, 3650 McTavish, Montreal.
METRO McGill

بايد استاد و فرود آمد
بر آستان دري که کوبه ندارد ،

چرا که اگر به‌گاه آمده‌باشي دربان به انتظار توست و
اگر بي‌گاه
به درکوفتن‌ات پاسخي نمي‌آيد.

CafeLitt 83: An Introduction to Literary theory

Subject: An Introduction to Literary theory
Peresented by: Ali Paknezhad
Palce: Presse Cafe, 1446, Ste.Cathrine Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3G 1R3
Metro Guy-Concordia
19:00

20th century literary theory is closely linked to 20th century philosophy. It goes beyond “A theory of Literature” and elaborates upon a theory of understanding a text in its broadest sense including art work, religion, sacred text, political system, society, human beings or any other meaningful system.

In this presentation a comparative analyses will be done on different schools of though in 20th century which have been influential on how we understand a text.

These schools include Reception Theory (Phenomenology, hermeneutics, and Reader’s response theory), Structuralism, Post structuralism, Deconstruction and psychoanalysis.

He will try to give a synopsis of Terry Eagleton’s "Introduction to literary "

CafeCinema I (Cinematheque V) : Homage to Khosro Shakibai

Subject: Homage to Khosro Shakibai
Movie: Hamoun (1990)
Directed by: Dariush Mehrjouyi
Presented by: Bardia Sadinejad & Morad Sadeghi
Date: 15:00 Sunday 27th Jul 2008 at MEKIC:
Address:Maison d'Edition Ketabe Iran Canada Inc., 4438, rue de la Roche, Montreal (Quebec) H2J 3J1
Metro: Mont-Royal


MEKIC Enterence: 5$

MOLAVI KHAANI II

مولوی خوانی - دوره نخست - نشست دوم

Sat. 26 جولای 2008
کافه لیندا - از ساعت5 تا 7 خواهد بود
Presented: Mohammad Larijani
Address: Cafe Linda, 1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montréal, Quebec H3H
Metro: Guy Concordia

CafeLitt 81:An introduction to Heiddeger II

Subject: An introduction to Heiddeger II
Date: Thursday 24 July , 19:00
Presented by: Shahdad Heidari

CafeLitt 80:An introduction to Heiddeger

Subject: An introduction to Heiddeger I
Presented by: Shahdad Heidari
Date: Thursday 17 July , 20:00

CafeLitt 79:The Will to Power weakened; A comparative critical study of Iranian Cinema before and after the Islamic Revolution.

Subject: The Will to Power weakened; A comparative critical study of Iranian Cinema before and after the Islamic Revolution
Presented by : Ata Hoodashtian
Date: 10 Jul. 2008

In this cultural study, he tried to demonstrate how the dynamism of Iranian filmmaking, its content, objectives and meaning have radically changed following the Revolution, and how and why this change relates to the social changes of the post-revolutionary Iranian society, both culturally and morally.

This study did not cover technical nor historical issues of Iranian cinema but was rather reflect Dr. Ata Hoodashtian's informed analysis as a social analyst.

CafeLitt78:Friedrich Nietzche

Subject: Friedrich Nietzche
Date: Thursday 3 July , 20:00
Presented by : Yaschar Aghazadeh

CafeLitt77: Persian Gulf

Subject: A Gulf, several names and confilicts:A free Discussion on Persian Gulf conflicts
Date: Thursday 26 Jun, 18:30
Presented by : Mehdi Keshtkar

Report on Chacavac Radio

CafeLitt 76:Expressionism in 1920's German Cinema

Subject: Expressionism in 1920's German Cinema and the road they made mostly towards Horror movies as a genre, with its own aesthetics and cinematic rules
Presented by: Bardia Saadi-Nejad
Date: 19 Jun 2008, 20:00

CafeLitt 75:An introduction to Classical Music

Subject: An introduction to Classical Music
Date: 12 Jun 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Farrokh Vahabzadeh

CafeLitt 74: Cognitive evolution, The evolution of Language

Subject: Cognitive evolution, The evolution of Language
Date: 5 Jun 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Shahin Zanganehpour

Biological evolutionary process, as conceived of by Charles Darwin, is considered a global process, which affects all living things on this planet including humans. The end state of the evolutionary process for the human brain is a mysterious and complex collection of cognitive capacities. Language, which is thought to be uniquely human capacity, will be discussed in brief and some evidence regarding its evolutionary basis will be presented.

CafeLitt 73:United Nations

Subject: United Nations
Date: Thursday, 29th May 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Hanieh Ziaei

CafeLitt 72:"SHAAHED BAAZI in Persian Literature"

Subject: "SHAAHED BAAZI in Persian Literature"
Date: 22 May 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Forough Ensandoust

CafeLitt 71:Franz Kafka & The metamorphosis

Subject: Franz Kafka & The metamorphosis
Date: Thursday, 15th May, 2008, 20:00
Presented by: Mehdi Keshtkar & Farrokh Vahabzadeh

پدربزرگم همیشه می گفت : « زندگی جور گیج کننده ای کوتاه است . به گذشته که نگاه می کنم ، زندگی آنقدر به نظرم کوتاه می آید که به زحمت می توانم بفهمم ، چطور ممکن است ، مرد جوانی – برای مثال می گویم – تصمیم بگیرد به دهکده ی بعدی بتازد ، ولی نترسد که – گذشته از حوادث بین راه – مهلت همین زندگی معمولی خوش و خرم ، بارها کوتاه تر از آن زمانی باشد که برای چنین سفری لازم است .

CafeLitt 70:"Masnavikhaani I "

Date & Time: Thursday, 8th of May , 2008,

Subject: "Masnavikhaani I "
Presented by: Mohammad Larijani

We start "Masnavikhaani " sessions by reading Masnavi the masterpiece of Molana Balkhi-Rumi.
These sessions will continue by reading and interpreting the Masnavi.

CafeLitt 69: The history of the Persian scripts

Subject: The history of the Persian scripts
Presented by: Ali shirazi

Date: 1st May 2008

CafeLitt 68: Concept of love in Persian literature

Subject: Concept of love in Persian literature

Presented by: Mohammad Larijani
Date & Time: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 8:00 pm

CafeLitt 67: Persian Classical and Traditional Music

Subject: Persian Classical and Traditional Music
Date: Thursday 17th April 2008
Presented by: Shahin Fayyaz and Saeed Kamjoo

Cinémathèque IV: War Photographer (2001)

Movie: War Photographer (2001) (96min.)
Director: Christian Frei.
Genre: Documentary
Date: 15:00 Sunday 13th April 2008 at MEKIC
Presented by: Hanieh Ziaei

CafeLitt 65:Theoretical and applied sciences, Euclidean geometry and Non-Euclidean geometry

Subject: "Theoretical and applied sciences, Euclidean geometry and Non-Euclidean geometry."
Presented by: Mr. Ali Shadpour
Date: Thurseday 10th of April

CafeLitt 64:"The 1960's intellectual movement and the roots of Iranian revolution in 1979 "

Subject:"The 1960's intellectual movement and the roots of Iranian revolution in 1979 "
Presented by: Dr. Ata Hoodashtian
Date: Thursday 3rd of April 2008