italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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The nature and utility of representation are topics that have long
been debated, in terms of their controversial power to blur the
distinction between truth and lies, reality and illusion, pedagogy
and pure entertainment. Looking back on the development of this
debate, to what extent do we perpetuate, within a (post)modern and
(post)colonial world, issues related to the dangers and shortcomings
of representation?
Drawing on the rich potential of "aesthetics" and "deception," this
graduate student colloquium seeks to investigate the nature and the
politics of any act of creation as it relates to the tension between
identity and representation, the individual and its social image, the
original and the copy, and reality and its simulacrum, within a
variety of fields such as art, literature, literary theory, history,
the history of ideas, religion, cultural studies, film and theatre.
We welcome 20 minute papers in English or French pertaining, though
not limited, to the following themes and topics:
Aesthetics, Ethics, and Deception
Aesthetics and Ideology
Nature vs Art and Representation
Imperial, Colonial, and (Post)Colonial Rhetoric and Aesthetics
Images of the Self and Cultural/National Stereotypes
The Philosophy of Kitsch and Mass Produced Culture
Trendiness in Literary and Critical Approaches
Narrative Strategies, Translation and Unreliability
Imitation, Parody, Irony, and Various Masks
Camouflaged Influences and Intertextuality
Please submit abstracts of 250 words, including your name,
university, affiliation and paper title by May 18 to:
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More information about the conference can also be found on the
following website:
http://students.washington.edu/frengrad/conference.html
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Susan Gaylard, Asst. Prof.
French and Italian Studies
University of Washington
Box 354361
Seattle, WA 98195-4361
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