Dear all,
Please find below the programme of the one-day-and-a-half conference on
V. S. Naipaul at Montpellier University, France. Please send me back the
registration form if you intend at all to be present or at least let me
know about itÖ
Best,
Judith Misrahi-Barak
Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, France
" A World in tension : the work of V. S. Naipaul "
15-16 November 2002
Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, France
CERPANAC
(room C020)
Provisional Programme
Friday 15th November
9h30 Registration
10h-10h45 Dr Eric Tabuteau (University of Grenoble III) : "
Eurocentrism or Egocentrism: The debate on Naipaul's Nobel prize "
10h45-11h30 Dr Beena Anand (University of Nancy I) : " Entrapment and
Release in The House for Mr Biswas "
Coffee break
11h45-12h30 Dr Hedi Ben Habes (University of Franche-Comté) : " The
Creative Tension of Emptiness in V.S.Naipaul's The Mimic Men "
Buffet lunch
14h30-15h15 Dr Rita Christian (University of North London, Caribbean
Studies Department) : " ëCoolieí Come Lately : the making of The
Suffrage of Elvira "
15h15-16h00 Dr Florence Labaune-Demeule (University of Lyon III) : "
V.S.Naipaul's Half a Life: Moving Away from Tension? "
Coffee break
16h15-17h00 Dr Bénédicte Ledent (University of Liège) : " The same and
yet different: Caryl Phillips's screen adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's The
Mystic Masseur "
+ projection of Caryl Phillipsí screen adaptation (video tape)
Dinner in town
Saturday 16th November
9h30-10h15 Pr JP Engélibert (University of Poitiers) : " Líécriture hors
líhistoire ou les histoires non écrites "
10h15-11h Dr Florence DíSouza (University of Lille III) : "A Turn in the
South : Playing Devilís Advocate or a step towards a more inclusive
serenity?"
Coffee break
11h30-12h15 Pr Alexis Tadié (University of Paris VII) : " VS Naipaul :
the writer as anthropologist "
Registration form
There are no registration fees but please, for a better organisation, do
send this form by 20 October 2002 to :
Judith MISRAHI-BARAK,
email : <[log in to unmask]>
SURNAME :
First NAME :
Address :
Telephone :
E-mail :
Institution :
Accomodation : I can provide you with a list of hotels in town to help
you with booking a room. Please let me know.
Meals: There will be a buffet lunch on Friday 15th (to be paid for
individually and on the spot (around 12 euros) as well as a dinner in
town (about 22 euros). Please let me know.
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