FRIST’S OFF THE WALL LECTURE SERIES, PART II, AUGUST 9

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — On Thursday, August 9, the Off The Wall lecture series, Part 2: “What Every Chinese Person Knows: Cultural Literacy in Lyrical Traditions,” will be held in the auditorium of the Frist Center, at 6:30 pm, it is free and open to the public.

Cultural literacy is the ability to understand effortlessly the allusions, idioms and images that constitute a culture, and that might be overlooked or totally misunderstood by someone from another culture. In this presentation, Li Qingjun of Middle Tennessee State University and associate professor of foreign languages at Zhengzhou University, China, will highlight a number of paintings from the Papp collection that represent readily identifiable aspects of Chinese cultural literacy, setting them in context and illuminating them for non-Chinese views.

The presentation will include paintings with festival subjects as well as those with references to folk and narrative traditions that have created the Chinese consciousness and sensibility for generations. Moderated by Ronnie Littlejohn, chairman of the department of philosophy and director of Asian Studies at Belmont University. This “Off the Wall” lecture series is presented in collaboration with Belmont University’s Asian Studies Program.

The Frist Center is at 919 Broadway. For information, www.fristcenter.org or 615-244-3340.