Homo Narrans
Université Paris 8 Lionel Ruffel
March 3, 2020 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 105 Chancellor Green
Department of French and Italian
What if Homo sapiens was a fable invented by Homo narrans? What if our shared humanity was not established by our wisdom but rather by our ability to tell stories? Starting from ananthropological and occasionally fanciful reading of the Thousand and One Nights, Lionel Ruffel addresses the narrative condition that makes us into Homo narrans.