{"id":2003,"date":"2017-07-17T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/grs\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=2003"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:50:04","slug":"yukai-li","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/grs\/people\/yukai-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Yukai Li"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>I am a scholar of Greek literature and the Homeric epics in particular, although I also enjoy teaching a broader range of courses including language and history. In addition, I have strong interests in literary theory and contemporary continental philosophy. I am currently working on a book about Homeric poetics, the scholarship on oral traditional poetry, and the work of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.<\/p>\n<h3>Research interests<\/h3>\n<p>My research interests lie between classical studies, literary theory, and continental philosophy. My first book,\u00a0<em>Future Fame in the Iliad: Epic Time and Homeric Studies<\/em>, was published by\u00a0Bloomsbury Academic in 2022. My most recent articles have been on Homer, Theocritus, and Deleuze.<\/p>\n<h3>Publications and presentations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Monographs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2022:\u00a0<em>Future Fame in the Iliad: Epic Time and Homeric Studies.\u00a0<\/em>Bloomsbury Academic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2025: \u201cHelpless spectators in the Odyssey and the cinematic image of time.\u201d\u00a0<em>Classical Antiquity<\/em>\u00a044.1: 66\u201393.<\/p>\n<p>2023: \u201cPastoral between words and things: Theocritus, ekphrasis, and ontology.\u201d\u00a0<em>Classical Philology<\/em>\u00a0118.1: 27-51.<\/p>\n<p>2019: \u201cThe distraction of pastoral and Theocritus\u2019 painted world.\u201d\u00a0<em>Classical Philology<\/em>\u00a0114. 3: 383-405.<\/p>\n<p>2018: \u201cThe silence of the muse.\u201d\u00a0<em>Arethusa<\/em>\u00a051. 2: 91-115.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2021: Review of Loney, Alexander A. 2019.\u00a0<em>The Ethics of Revenge and the Meaning of the Odyssey<\/em>.\u00a0 Oxford.\u00a0<em>Classical Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>2020: Review of Ready, Jonathan L. 2019.\u00a0<em>Orality, Textuality, and the Homeric Epics<\/em>. Oxford.\u00a0<em>Phoenix<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>2019: Review of Grethlein, J. 2017.\u00a0<em>Die Odyssee: Homer und die Kunst des Erz\u00e4hlens<\/em>. M\u00fcnchen.\u00a0<em>Journal of Hellenic Studies<\/em>\u00a0139: 233-234.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected recent presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Upcoming: &#8220;Ontological requirements for the Homeric oral tradition&#8221; (Classical Association of Canada)<\/p>\n<p>2026: &#8220;Pivotal counterfactuals in the <i>Iliad<\/i> and Homeric science fiction&#8221; (Society for Classical Studies)<\/p>\n<p>2023: \u201cForking time and spectatorship in the Odyssey\u201d (Society for Classical Studies)<\/p>\n<p>2023: &#8220;Beyond the action-image: Odysseus as spectator in Deleuze\u2019s Cinema\u201d (McGill University)<\/p>\n<p>2021: \u201cIliadic fame and the splitting of time\u201d (Classical Association of the Middle West and South)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[4],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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