'Literary Value and Canon Formation in the German Tradition after Postmodernism'
CONFERENCE
At the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies (University of London)
Wednesday, 1 - Friday, 3 December 2004
Co-Ordinators: Professor Nicholas Saul (Durham) and Dr Ricarda Schmidt (Manchester)
Organised in collaboration with the British Academy, the University of Manchester, the University of Durham, and the Goethe Institue (Manchester).
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 1 December 2004
15.00 Welcome
15.15 MANFRED ENGEL (Saarbrücken): 'Kanon-pragmatisch. Mit einem Exkurs zur Literaturwissenschaft als moralischer Anstalt'
16.00 Tea
16.30 MICHAEL MINDEN (Cambridge): 'Best-Seller Lists and Literary Value in the Twentieth Century'
17.15 STEFAN TRAPPEN (Cluj-Napoca): 'Wertung versus Wertbezug. Thesen zur Wiedergewinnung des sachlichen Fundaments eines methodischen Problems'
18.00 Wine
Thursday, 2 December 2004
10.00 KATRIN KOHL (Oxford): 'Festival, Performance, Wettstreit: Deutsche Gegenwartsliteratur als Ereignis'
10.45 Coffee
11.15 BARBARA BECKER-CANTARINO (Ohio): 'Ästhetik, Geschlecht und literarische Wertung'
12.00 SARA LENNOX (Amherst): 'The Politics of Reading: A Half-Century of Bachmann Reception'
12.45 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.30 ROGER PAULIN (Cambridge): 'Georg Forster as seen by Georg Gottfried Gervinus'
15.15 M.S. BATTS (Vancouver): 'The Literary-Historical Canon, Then (a century ago) and Now'
16.00 Tea
16.30 FRANK MÖBUS (Göttingen): 'Wie, was - und wer? Zur An- oder Abwesenheit des Autors bei der literarischen Wertung'
17.15 FRITZ WERFELMEYER (Sunderland): 'Politische Kanonbildung und literarische Ästhetik des Holocaust. Die Debatte um Peter Weiss' Werk'
FRIDAY, 3 DECEMBER
10.00 ANNE PETER (Paris): 'Satire und Kanonbildung im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit'
10.45 Coffee
11.15 TIM MEHIGAN (Otago): 'Literary Value and Literary Review: A Case Study (Robert Musil)'
12.00 PAUL BISHOP (Glasgow): 'Hermann Hesse, "Heavyweight of the Weimar Republic"'
12.45 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.30 STEFAN WILLER (Berlin): 'Erbfälle. Literarische Traditionsbildung in der DDR zwischen Doktrin und Subversion'
15.15 DAVID WELLBERY (Chicago): 'Symbolic Capital, Literary Value, Cognitive Interest: Legitimation Strategies in the Contemporary Value Debate'
16.00 Concluding Discussion
ATTENDANCE
To attend, please obtain a copy of the printed programme and full registration details from the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Registrations, accompanied by the appropriate fee should reach the Institute by Friday, 12 November 2004.
FEES
3 DAYS 1 DAY
STANDARD RATE £ 30.00 £ 12.00
REDUCED RATE £ 25.00 £ 10.00 (Fully paid-up Friends of the IGS only)
STUDENT RATE £ 15.00 £ 5.00
FORMS OF PAYMENT
Payment should be made by STERLING cheque, drawn on a bank in the UK, and payable to the 'University of London'. We regret that we can no longer accept Eurocheques.
RECEIPTS/CANCELLATIONS
To save costs, applications are not acknowledged. If you require a receipt, please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope with your registration. We regret that it is not possible to refund fees in case of non-attendance.
ACCOMMODATION
Participants are asked to make their own accommodation arrangements. The Institute can supply a local hotel list on receipt of a stamped self-addressed envelope. Moderately-priced accommodation is in short supply, so please book early!
INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES
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