From: Peter Dunwoodie <[log in to unmask]>
POLEMICS
A COLLOQUIUM
organised by
Goldsmiths and Queen Mary
University of London
8 March 2002
In this interdisciplinary colloquium, papers and discussions will focus on
polemical discourse in literature, thought, history and art.
9.50 Welcome
10.00-11.30
Alan Downie (English Department, Goldsmiths)
"The Augustan Age: polemical strategy in early 18th century Britain"
Mark Bannister (Oxford Brookes)
"Theatre and politics during the Fronde"
Christian Jouhaud (CNRS, EHESS, Paris) [to be confirmed]
"Polemical confrontations: fighting with words in 17th century France"
Discussion
11.30 Coffee
11.45-13.15
Antonio Sanchez (Department of European Languages, Goldsmiths)
"Poetry of experience = experience + poetry? Polemics in recent Spanish
poetry"
Robert Short (University of East Anglia)
"Adding insult to injury: the tenor of surrealist polemic"
Elza Adamowicz (School of Modern Languages, Queen Mary)
"Exquisite excrement: the Breton/Bataille polemic"
Discussion
13.15 Lunch
14.15-15.45
Robert Gillett (School of Modern Languages, Queen Mary)
"Lovesick laughter, porridge and straw men: notes on the queer polemics of
Hubert Fichte"
Katia Malaussena (Paris XIII / Department of European Languages,
Goldsmiths)
"Origins of the novel and the novel of 'national' origins in French Canada"
Phillip Dine (Loughborough University)
"Writing the war without a name: French responses to the Algerian conflict"
15.45 Coffee
Discussion
Colloquium will end at approximately 17.00
Venue: Basement Conference Room, Queen's Building, Queen Mary, Mile
End, London EI [Mile End or Stepney Green Underground]
All welcome to attend the colloquium. There is no conference fee. To register
or for further information, contact Peter Dunwoodie ([log in to unmask])
or Elza Adamowicz ([log in to unmask]).
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