British Comparative Literature Association & Goldsmiths College
autobiografictions
A workshop conference - 8-10 September 2003 (New extended dates!)
Call for Papers
The conference, hosted by the British Comparative Literature Association and the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths College, University of London, will address the intersections between fictional and autobiographical writing.
Speakers include:
Laura Marcus (Sussex)
Maurice Slawinski (Lancaster)
Peter Davies (Edinburgh)
Ann Jefferson (Oxford)
Ivan Callus (Malta)
Lucia Boldrini (Goldsmiths)
Proposals are invited for thirty-minute papers (including discussion), with a comparative or interdisciplinary approach. Issues that may be addressed include:
The fictionalisation of autobiography
The writing of someone else's autobiography
Liminal autobiography
The autobiographical form in historical fiction
The exploration of subjectivity and/or self-representation at the crossroads of autobiography and fiction
The political uses of autobiography and autobiographical fictions
Any combination of auto, bio,graphy and fiction will be welcome.
The deadline for receipt of paper proposals is 30 May 2003.
Please direct abstracts (approx. 250 words) and any enquiries to:
Lucia Boldrini autobiografictions
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Goldsmiths College
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
UK
Tel +44 (0)20 7919 7434
Fax +44 (0)20 7919 7453
E-mail: autobiografictions@gold.ac.uk
