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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
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 Its main structural components seem to have been superseded with postmodernity.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)?
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 [log in to unmask] by 1 September 2014.
Organizers: Dr Jordana Blejmar, Dr Emanuela Patti and Dr Godela Weiss-Sussex (IMLR)
This conference is supported by the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
Dr. J. Blejmar
Institute of Modern Languages Research
Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Senate House
Malet St.
London WC1E 7HU.
Room ST 280 (Stewart House)
Tel: 020 7862 8964
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