between.1983 | conference programme

etween.1983 | conference programme
THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Dworek Sierakowskich, ul. J. Czyżewskiego 12, Sopot
9.00‒10.00
1. J.M. COETZEE IN PERSPECTIVE
10.00–10.40
Duncan Chesney (National Taiwan University)
MICHAEL K.: COETZEE BETWEEN BECKETT AND KAFKA
Paulina Grzęda (University of Warsaw)
POST-APARTHEID LITERATURE AND 'EMPATHIC UNSETTLEMENT': EMPATHY
AND ALTERITY IN SELECTED WRITINGS BY J. M. COETZEE
2. THEATRE – SPECIAL ADDRESS
Ewa Kębłowska-Ławniczak (University of Wrocław)
THE POLITICS OF LOOKING BACK: NEGOTIATING THE THATCHER LEGACY
10.40‒11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.00–12.00
3. THEATRE AROUND 1983
Paulina Mirowska (University of Łódź)
CAUGHT BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASY: SAM SHEPARD’S FOOL FOR LOVE
(1983) AND THE REAGAN ERA
Katarzyna Ojrzyńska (University of Łódź)
1983 AND THE NORTHERN IRISH STAGE: THE CHARABANC TOUR OF THE
STREETS OF BELFAST

12.00–12.45 LUNCH
12.45–15.45
4. SEMINAR ONE: WATERLAND BY GRAHAM SWIFT
17.00–19.00
Chair: Tomasz Wiśniewski
David Malcolm (University of Gdańsk)
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION
Jean Ward (University of Gdańsk)
MORE ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION
Sławomir Konkol (Uniwersity of Silesia)
GRAHAM SWIFT BETWEEN WATERLAND AND WISH YOU WERE HERE
Marta Nowicka (University of Gdańsk)
GOTHIC AND FAIRY TALE GENRE MARKERS IN WATERLAND
THE UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK SAMUEL BECKETT SEMINAR
Teatr na Plaży, ul. Mamuszki 2, Sopot
20.00
Derek Attridge (University of York)
BECKETT’S SINGULARITY: READING THE UNNAMABLE TODAY
S. E. Gontarski (Florida State University)
BECKETT’S NEURAL THEATER
Scena Kameralna Teatru Wybrzeże, ul. Monte Cassino 30, Sopot
TEATR WIERSZALIN BÓG NIŻYŃSKI | performance with English surtitles

FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Dworek Sierakowskich, ul. J. Czyżewskiego 12, Sopot
9.00‒10.30
5. FAILURE, SKEPTICISM AND DESIRE
Xymena Synak-Pskit (University of Gdańsk)
MATERIALITY OF DESIRE: ON (DE MAN’S) LETTER
Lilia Miroshnychenko (Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University)
SCEPTICISM AS STRUCTURE IN WILLIAM GOLDING’S DARKNESS VISIBLE
Ralf Hertel (University of Hamburg)
10.30–10.45 COFFEE BREAK
10.45–12.15
TELLING FAILURES: STEPHEN SPENDER AND DAVID HOCKNEY’S CHINA DIARY
6. LITERATURE AROUND 1983
12.15–13.00 LUNCH
Jadwiga Węgrodzka (University of Gdańsk/Koszalin Technical University)
THE CHOICE OF CHILDREN: ROALD DAHL IN THE 1980s
Wolfgang Görtschacher (University of Salzburg)
LITERARY PRIZES IN THE 1980s
Miłosz Wojtyna (University of Gdańsk)
1983-BERGER AND 1983-SWIFT. THE IMPORTANCE OF (HI)STORIES
13.00–14.00 AMONG J. M. COETZEE’S NOVELS
Bożena Kucała (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
GIVING UP THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE: J.M. COETZEE’S LIFE AND TIMES OF
MICHAEL K AND DISGRACE

14.00‒17.00
Marta Aleksandrowicz-Wojtyna (University of Gdańsk)
ON BEING SLOW: FUNCTIONS OF CORPOREALITY IN J. M. COETZEE’S SLOW
MAN
7. SEMINAR TWO: BORIS BY JOHN BERGER
Chair: Monika Szuba
Timothy Neat JOHN BERGER IN 1983
John Bowen (University of York)
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION
Halszka Leleń (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn)
BERGER BETWEEN THE LINES: WHAT IS REFUTED IN BORIS IS BUYING
HORSES?
Richard Turney (University of York)
KEEP TEARS/MY HEART/FOR PROSE: PINOCHET, TORTURE AND BERGER'S
HOUR OF POETRY
SATURDAY, 18 MAY 2013
Dworek Sierakowskich, ul. J. Czyżewskiego 12, Sopot
9.00–9.45
8. 1980s NIGHTMARE
• Piotr Andrzejewski (University of Gdańsk)
CAPTIVE MR COGITO? ZBIGNIEW HERBERT'S REPORT FROM THE BESIEGED
CITY (1983)
• Karol Jaroszewski (University of Gdańsk)
THE GREATEST NIGHTMARE OF THE 20 TH CENTURY REVISITED

9.45‒10.30
9. J.M. COETZEE’S LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K: FROM LITERATURE TO CINEMA
Bartosz Lutostański (University of Gdańsk)
BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW YOUR STORY. ON FOCALISATION IN LIFE AND
TIMES OF MICHAEL K BY J.M. COETZEE
Hermann Wittenberg (University of the Western Cape)
CINEMATIC MODES IN J.M. COETZEE AND THE MAKING OF LIFE AND TIMES OF
MICHAEL K
10.30–10.45 COFFEE BREAK
10.45–12.15
10. KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:
12.15–13.00 LUNCH
13.00–16.00
David Kennedy (University of Hull)
1983 AND ALL THAT: BRITISH POETRY AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF HISTORY
John Bowen (University of York)
JOHN BERGER AND THE ECONOMY OF SEDUCTION
11. SEMINAR THREE: J.M. COETZEE. DEAD ENDS AND BEYOND
Chair: Ludmila Gruszewska Blaim (University of Gdańsk)
DEAD ENDS IN J.M. COETZEE’S FICTIONS
Robert Kusek (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
THIRTY YEARS AFTER... THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS BY J. M. COETZEE
Derek Attridge (University of York)
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION