Abstract
Deadline: 1/10/2003
Event:
First workshop
of the research project "The Social Context of Literary
Production and Consumption," AHRB Centre for Asian
and African Literatures
Event
Date & Location:
5/8 - 5/9/2003; London
Website:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/literatures
Information:
This is the first workshop of
the research project "The Social Context of Literary
Production and Consumption", led by Prof Michel Hockx
(Chinese, School of Oriental and African Studies) and Dr
George Paizis (French, University College London) for the
AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures. The aim of
the workshop is to examine the effects of literary education
on the formation of literary canons across cultures, as
well as the position of literary education within literary
practice as a whole. The emphasis of the workshop is on
literary education is it currently takes place in the fields
of twentieth-century Chinese, French and English literature,
though paper proposals related to other literatures will
also be considered.
We
invite proposals for papers dealing with one or more of
the following questions:
…
How does literary education contribute to the shaping and
changing of literary canons?
… How does "the canon" differ from one society
to the other and what does that tell us about those societies?
… How does literary education contribute to the perpetuation
of specific views of literature?
… How does literary education relate to language education?
… How is the same literature taught and/or examined in different
countries (e.g. How is Chinese literature taught in Britain,
in France, and in Taiwan?)
… What is the position of literary educators within the
literary field?
The
workshop will be held at University College London. There
are no fees, and accommodation is provided for speakers.
Unfortunately, we are not able to offer any assistance with
travel funding.
Submission
Guidelines / Information:
Paper
proposals should be no longer than one page (typed A4) and
should be sent by e-mail to Dr Ross Forman (rf19@soas.ac.uk)
at the AHRB Centre by 10 January 2003.
Registration
/ Information:
Further information about the Centre and the eight research
projects it currently supports can be found at http://www.soas.ac.uk/literatures.
To be added to the mailing list, please write to Gillian
Hudson, gh17@soas.ac.uk.
Contact:
AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures at UCL and
SOAS
Room 389
School of Oriental and African Studies
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
Phone: 020 7898 4267
http://www.soas.ac.uk/literatures
