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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
09/17/2010 - 09/18/2010 | Mainz
Contemporary British fiction is preoccupied with scenarios of violence, trauma and loss: destruction, guilt, traumatic experiences and apocalyptic anxieties are prevalent thematic and aesthetic concerns that seem to be related to incisive and far-reaching political events. This conference seeks to examine this thematic focus and its narrative realisation, as well as their implications for a critical understanding of contemporary culture.
This conference seeks to contribute to the critical debate around contemporary British fiction, with the aim of more fully comprehending the meaning, aesthetics and ethical implications of its preoccupation with violence, trauma and loss. The conference will provide a forum where violence, trauma and loss can be discussed in their broadest sense, where these concerns can be variously conceptualised and where their inflections with identity, meaning, ethics, history, memory and related issues can be explored. Investigating narrative constructions of violence, trauma and loss, we are interested to trace the processes by which these issues have become cultural preoccupations and areas of fascination, and to ask what this means for our understanding of ourselves, our cultural moment and the role of fiction within it.
Everyone interested is welcome.
Information on participating / attending:
A registration fee of € 25 is payable at registration via http://www.english-and-linguistics.uni-mainz.de/533.php.
Date:
09/17/2010 - 09/18/2010
Event venue:
Philosophicum, Jakob-Welder-Weg 18
55128 Mainz
Rheinland-Pfalz
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Language / literature, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
08/03/2010
Sender/author:
Petra Giegerich
Department:
Kommunikation und Presse
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event32088
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