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Online lecture

Lady Macbeth and Catholicism: contemporary Scottish and Irish prose

2 November 2023
Time: 6 pm

St Petersburg University Representative Office in Spain invites you to the online lecture "Lady Macbeth and Catholicism: contemporary Scottish and Irish prose". The lecture will be given by Nina Shcherbak, candidate of philology.

The interaction between Catholicism and the Anglican Church is an important milestone in the development of British culture. Martin Sixsmith’s acclaimed book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee and its film adaptation are a reminder of the complexities and tragedies that have accompanied the rise of the Catholic religion, often severely tarnishing its reputation. 

Possible focuses for research into the contemporary Scottish novel include science fiction, the detective genre and women’s prose. 

Every historical novel has to deal with the question of how to handle the appearance of world-famous figures such as Mary Stuart or Macbeth in the narrative in order to construct new storylines. The image of Lady Macbeth is associated with the darkest sides of Scotland’s real and mythical history. And the time of Shakespeare’s famous play coincided with the reign of James I, who was fond of alchemy and spiritualism. What is today’s version of Lady Macbeth?

Lecturer 

Nina Shcherbak, Associate Professor in the Department of English Philology and Cultural Linguistics at St Petersburg University, Master of Arts (the United Kingdom), a writer and screenwriter. She is also a scriptwriter for science television shows, author of fifteen monographs, and books on linguistics, literature, language philosophy, and English literature.

 The lecture is part of the 300th anniversary celebrations of St Petersburg University — Russia’s first university. 

The meeting will be held online in Russian with simultaneous interpreting into Spanish.

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