The Theme & Variations form is one of the simplest in music: a given melody, idea or theme is put through a series of melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, tempo and other changes, revealing different aspects and traits of the original.
Toronto Pursuits’ “Nixing Nihilism: A Survey of Contemporary Philosophy” will serve up a “moral dilemma of the day” for seminar participants to consider.
Truman Capote declared that his choice of material in choosing to write a true account of “an actual murder case was altogether literary.” He wanted to create a “serious new art form: the nonfiction novel.”
It is this world of words we will bring to life in the Toronto Pursuits 2025 seminar Seriously Funny: The Fantastical Worlds of François Rabelais.
