Art and authoritarianism: Resistant fiction in an age of post-truth

Cambridge University

November 4

Jesus College Intellectual Forum

An evening for readers and book groups with Professor Sarah Colvin “The imagination … is central to the cultural production of revolutionary movements” - Lola Olufemi Is art a reason to hope when authoritarianism looms? Can a novel actually change anything? How is fiction different from post-truth? These and other questions will be asked and answered as Sarah Colvin introduces her new book Literature and Epistemic Injustice: Power and Resistance in the Contemporary Novel (Routledge) and a range of contemporary novels from around the world.