Sensing Literature

The School for Talents Faculty Project of Sensing Literature at the department of English Literatures and Cultures has spanned three years. Across these three ‘seasons,’ we have worked to strengthen our immediate and empathic relationship with literature in English, especially through poetry’s capacity to profoundly engage the senses. In the third year and final year, Sensing Sight in Literature, we focused on the sense of sight and sightlessness as an expansion of our prior project topics of tactility and sound, dovetailing with the School for Talents Annual Program ‘Expanding Realities – New Visions.’ In the final year, our goal was to encourage participants to expand their sensory hospitality by welcoming non-seeing modalities and addressing preconceptions about sensory disabilities and access.