Seminar of the Academia Europaea and the University of Wrocław 15–17 April 2015

The Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub Wrocław and The University of Wrocław invite everyone interested in the current research into digital literature to take part in the sessions of the Seminar Literary Margins and Digital Media, to be held in Wrocław (Poland) on 15–17 April 2015.

Attendance to the Seminar is free but registration is required (e-mail to nowak@acadeuro.wroclaw.pl).

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Context and rationale

Traditional elite culture is becoming increasingly marginalized, while forms of cultural expression which were seen as marginal during the first half of the twentieth century, or which, in the terminology of Bourdieu and Even-Zohar, were located at the periphery of the cultural field, have been gaining a more prominent place. The three vital factors that have played a crucial role in this phenomenon are the commercialization of cultural life, democratic access to culture, and the development of the Internet and new media. The aim of this conference is to discuss the implications of these shifts for European literatures, and particularly for those of Central and Eastern Europe.

First, special consideration will be given to the evolution of literary genres which were until recently deemed marginal from the perspective of the traditional cultural centre, such as children’s and young adult literature, popular literature and, in recent times, electronic literature. Second, a related issue to be discussed will be ways in which literature repositions itself with regard to contemporary technological and social developments. Of interest here is not so much the question whether traditional literary culture will be displaced by new media, but rather in what manner literature reacts to these developments and retains its significance either through a symbiosis with other modes of cultural expression or by generating new genres.

SEMINAR LANGUAGE will be English.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANISING COMMITTEE

• Irena Barbara Kalla (University of Wrocław)
• Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak (University of Wrocław)
• Dorota Michułka (University of Wrocław)
• Bogumiła Staniów (University of Wrocław)
• Bożena Czarnecka (University of Wrocław)
• Aleksandra Nowak (Academia Europaea)

 COORDINATORS OF THE SEMINAR SERIES

• Pieter Emmer (Academia Europaea)
• Siegfried Huigen (University of Wrocław)

15.04.2014 Wednesday

8.30-9.00 Registration of the participants

9.00-9.30 Welcome, Introduction

9.30-10.15 KEYNOTE 1: Bogumiła Suwara, Zuzana Husárová, Gabriela Magová, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia Aspects ≤3 Digital Literary Production in Central Europe

10.15-11.00 KEYNOTE 2: Mariusz Pisarski, Laboratory of Intersemiotic and Intermedia Research, University of Warsaw, Poland Two Ends and One Beginning. Notes on the Future of Writing in the Post-medial Context

11.00-11.20 coffee break

11.20-12.50 SESSION 1

12.50-14.00 lunch

14.00-15.30 SESSION 2

15.30-15.50 coffee break

15.50-17.20 SESSION 3

18.00-19.30 Literary meeting with Michael Joyce and Zuzana Husárová

16.04.2014 Thursday

9.00-9.45 KEYNOTE 3: Emilia Ohar, Ukrainian Publishing & Printing Academy Lviv, Ukraine The Children’s Book and the Tablet: Consequences of Interaction between Two Realities and Cultures

9.45-10.30 KEYNOTE 4: Boel Westin, Stockholm University, Sweden The Tove Jansson Mix: Aesthetics and media in literature and art

10.30-10.50 coffee break

10.50-12.20 SESSION 4

12.20-13.30 lunch

13.30-15.00 SESSION 5

15.00-15.20 coffee break

15.20-16.05 KEYNOTE 5: Junko Yokota Picture Books and Story Apps: An Analysis of Visual Narrative Features in Print and Digital Formats

16.10-17.40 IRSCL board Panel on New Media in Children's Literature Studies: Reflections and Insights (with Mavis Reimer, Astrid Surmatz, Jean Webb, Lies Wesseling, Andrea Mei-Ying Wu)

17.04.2014 Friday

9.00-9.45 KEYNOTE 6: Dirk de Geest, KU Leuven, Belgium Help Ourselves Out of the Margins! Handbooks for Creative Writing as a Tool for Analyzing Literary Dynamics

9.45-11.15 SESSION 6

11.15-11.35 coffee break

11.35-13.05 SESSION 7

13.05-14.15 lunch

14.15-15.45 SESSION 8

15.45-16.15 coffee break

16.15-17.00 KEYNOTE 7: Michael Joyce, Vassar College, USA “Children Of Our Age”: Digital Media and the Lie of Literature

17.00-17.15 Conference closing

19.00 Dinner for patrticipants