Call For Papers:
EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVES: FROM THE NOVEL TO DIGITAL STORYTELLING
26-27 February 2015,
Institute of Modern Languages Research, Senate House, University of London
'Forms evolve' - 'Forms are there to serve the culture, and when they
die, they die for a good reason - or so I have to believe, the novel
having long since gone dark for me'
David Shields, How Literature Saved My Life
Major changes in the twentieth and twenty-first century media
landscape have raised a number of questions about the role of the
novel in contemporary culture. Its main structural components seem to
have been superseded with postmodernity. Yet, while some writers and
critics claim that 'the novel is dead' (Shields) or 'culturally
irrelevant' (Lee) in our society, others still defend its crucial role
in making sense of the world.
This conference aims to provide a forum for discussion of the
experiments and changes in the novel form since the early twentieth
century and their relationship to the culture and society in which
they have been situated. We are interested in a comparative
perspective that might help to understand the changes in the novel as
a phenomenon over time and across cultural boundaries. Our overarching
questions will be: how has the novel form changed through
experimentation from modernism to digital narratives? And what is the
future of the novel in the 'post-print era' (Hayles)?
Confirmed keynote speakers: Marie-Laure Ryan and Bronwen Thomas
We welcome submissions on all areas related to this topic; including:
* Genres, types and their evolution - hybrid novels, fiction and
non-fiction, New Journalism, proto-novels, etc.
* Text experimentation - from modernist fragmentation to
transmedia storytelling
* Authorship - from the Auctor to 'dispersed authorship',
collaborative writing and fan fiction
* Readership - from reception to interaction
* Developments in novel theory
* From print to electronic literature, hypertexts, digital storytelling
* Cross-hybridization between the novel and other arts -
ekphrasis, graphic novels, etc.
* Cross-language and cross-cultural comparisons
Proposals for a 20-minute paper should include a 150-word abstract
(with mini-bio) and should be sent to
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1 September 2014.
Organizers: Dr. Jordana Blejmar, Dr. Emanuela Patti and Dr. Godela
Weiss-Sussex (IMLR)
Dr. Emanuela Patti
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Institute of Modern Languages Research
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Stewart House
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.
Tel. n. 02078628959
Fax. n. 02078628672
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