Presentation Title
P-15 The “essential” in Mark Osborne’s The Little Prince. A Buberian reading.
Presenter Status
Associate Professor, International Languages and Global Studies
Preferred Session
Poster Session
Location
Buller Hall Hallways
Start Date
21-10-2022 2:00 PM
End Date
21-10-2022 3:00 PM
Presentation Abstract
What if the essential was invisible to the eye just because you were not looking in the right direction? What if the only thing you needed was a telescope? What if the essential was not the immediately useful? What if leisure and meaningful relationships were essential for human fulfillment? Mark Osborne’s animated version of “The Little Prince” offers a fresh look on Saint-Exupéry’s bestseller. Far from being a spoiler to the content of the book, Osborne’s movie articulates and develops different perspectives on the crucial issues of friendship, adulthood, and work, taking the famous book as his privileged starting point.
P-15 The “essential” in Mark Osborne’s The Little Prince. A Buberian reading.
Buller Hall Hallways
What if the essential was invisible to the eye just because you were not looking in the right direction? What if the only thing you needed was a telescope? What if the essential was not the immediately useful? What if leisure and meaningful relationships were essential for human fulfillment? Mark Osborne’s animated version of “The Little Prince” offers a fresh look on Saint-Exupéry’s bestseller. Far from being a spoiler to the content of the book, Osborne’s movie articulates and develops different perspectives on the crucial issues of friendship, adulthood, and work, taking the famous book as his privileged starting point.