Goldsmiths College, University of London, 8-9 September 2003
autobiografictions
This workshop conference, hosted for the British Comparative
Literature Association by the Department of English and Comparative
Literature at Goldsmiths College, University of London, will address
the intersections between fictional and autobiographical writing.
Speakers include Laura Marcus (Sussex), Maurice Slawinski
(Lancaster), Peter Davies (Edinburgh), Ann Jefferson (Oxford), Ivan
Callus (Malta)
Proposals are invited for thirty-minute papers (including discussion)
with a comparative or interdisciplinary approach. The following are
among the issues that may be considered:
- The fictionalisation of autobiography
- The writing of someone else's autobiography
- Liminal autobiography
- The autobiographical form in historical fiction
- The exploration of subjectivity and/or self-representation at the
crossroads of autobiography and fiction
- The political uses of autobiography and autobiographical fictions
Any combination of auto, bio, graphy and fiction will be welcome.
The final deadline for receipt of paper proposals is 30 May 2003.
Please direct abstracts (approx. 250 words) and any enquiries to:
Lucia Boldrini,
autobiografictions,
Department of English and Comparative Literature,
Goldsmiths College,
New Cross,
London SE14 6NW,
UK.
Tel +44 (0)20 7919 7434;
Fax +44 (0)20 7919 7453;
e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>.
For more information about the workshop and the British Comparative
Literature Association, visit:
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/autobiografictions
http://www.bcla.org
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Dr Lucia Boldrini
Senior Lecturer in English
Address:
Dr Lucia Boldrini
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Goldsmiths College
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
UK
Tel: 020 7919 7434 (direct line); 020 7919 7430 (Departmental Office)
Fax: 020 7919 7453
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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