between.1983 | conference programme
between.1983 | conference programme 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
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etween.1983 | <strong>conference</strong> <strong>programme</strong><br />
THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013<br />
Dworek Sierakowskich, ul. J. Czyżewskiego 12, Sopot<br />
9.00‒10.00<br />
1. J.M. COETZEE IN PERSPECTIVE<br />
10.00–10.40<br />
Duncan Chesney (National Taiwan University)<br />
MICHAEL K.: COETZEE BETWEEN BECKETT AND KAFKA<br />
Paulina Grzęda (University of Warsaw)<br />
POST-APARTHEID LITERATURE AND 'EMPATHIC UNSETTLEMENT': EMPATHY<br />
AND ALTERITY IN SELECTED WRITINGS BY J. M. COETZEE<br />
2. THEATRE – SPECIAL ADDRESS<br />
Ewa Kębłowska-Ławniczak (University of Wrocław)<br />
THE POLITICS OF LOOKING BACK: NEGOTIATING THE THATCHER LEGACY<br />
10.40‒11.00 COFFEE BREAK<br />
11.00–12.00<br />
3. THEATRE AROUND 1983<br />
Paulina Mirowska (University of Łódź)<br />
CAUGHT BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASY: SAM SHEPARD’S FOOL FOR LOVE<br />
(1983) AND THE REAGAN ERA<br />
Katarzyna Ojrzyńska (University of Łódź)<br />
1983 AND THE NORTHERN IRISH STAGE: THE CHARABANC TOUR OF THE<br />
STREETS OF BELFAST
12.00–12.45 LUNCH<br />
12.45–15.45<br />
4. SEMINAR ONE: WATERLAND BY GRAHAM SWIFT<br />
17.00–19.00<br />
Chair: Tomasz Wiśniewski<br />
David Malcolm (University of Gdańsk)<br />
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION<br />
Jean Ward (University of Gdańsk)<br />
MORE ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION<br />
Sławomir Konkol (Uniwersity of Silesia)<br />
GRAHAM SWIFT BETWEEN WATERLAND AND WISH YOU WERE HERE<br />
Marta Nowicka (University of Gdańsk)<br />
GOTHIC AND FAIRY TALE GENRE MARKERS IN WATERLAND<br />
THE UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK SAMUEL BECKETT SEMINAR<br />
Teatr na Plaży, ul. Mamuszki 2, Sopot<br />
20.00<br />
Derek Attridge (University of York)<br />
BECKETT’S SINGULARITY: READING THE UNNAMABLE TODAY<br />
S. E. Gontarski (Florida State University)<br />
BECKETT’S NEURAL THEATER<br />
Scena Kameralna Teatru Wybrzeże, ul. Monte Cassino 30, Sopot<br />
TEATR WIERSZALIN BÓG NIŻYŃSKI | performance with English surtitles
FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013<br />
Dworek Sierakowskich, ul. J. Czyżewskiego 12, Sopot<br />
9.00‒10.30<br />
5. FAILURE, SKEPTICISM AND DESIRE<br />
Xymena Synak-Pskit (University of Gdańsk)<br />
MATERIALITY OF DESIRE: ON (DE MAN’S) LETTER<br />
Lilia Miroshnychenko (Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University)<br />
SCEPTICISM AS STRUCTURE IN WILLIAM GOLDING’S DARKNESS VISIBLE<br />
Ralf Hertel (University of Hamburg)<br />
10.30–10.45 COFFEE BREAK<br />
10.45–12.15<br />
TELLING FAILURES: STEPHEN SPENDER AND DAVID HOCKNEY’S CHINA DIARY<br />
6. LITERATURE AROUND 1983<br />
12.15–13.00 LUNCH<br />
Jadwiga Węgrodzka (University of Gdańsk/Koszalin Technical University)<br />
THE CHOICE OF CHILDREN: ROALD DAHL IN THE 1980s<br />
Wolfgang Görtschacher (University of Salzburg)<br />
LITERARY PRIZES IN THE 1980s<br />
Miłosz Wojtyna (University of Gdańsk)<br />
1983-BERGER AND 1983-SWIFT. THE IMPORTANCE OF (HI)STORIES<br />
13.00–14.00 AMONG J. M. COETZEE’S NOVELS<br />
Bożena Kucała (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)<br />
GIVING UP THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE: J.M. COETZEE’S LIFE AND TIMES OF<br />
MICHAEL K AND DISGRACE
14.00‒17.00<br />
Marta Aleksandrowicz-Wojtyna (University of Gdańsk)<br />
ON BEING SLOW: FUNCTIONS OF CORPOREALITY IN J. M. COETZEE’S SLOW<br />
MAN<br />
7. SEMINAR TWO: BORIS BY JOHN BERGER<br />
Chair: Monika Szuba<br />
Timothy Neat JOHN BERGER IN 1983<br />
John Bowen (University of York)<br />
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION<br />
Halszka Leleń (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn)<br />
BERGER BETWEEN THE LINES: WHAT IS REFUTED IN BORIS IS BUYING<br />
HORSES?<br />
Richard Turney (University of York)<br />
KEEP TEARS/MY HEART/FOR PROSE: PINOCHET, TORTURE AND BERGER'S<br />
HOUR OF POETRY<br />
SATURDAY, 18 MAY 2013<br />
Dworek Sierakowskich, ul. J. Czyżewskiego 12, Sopot<br />
9.00–9.45<br />
8. 1980s NIGHTMARE<br />
• Piotr Andrzejewski (University of Gdańsk)<br />
CAPTIVE MR COGITO? ZBIGNIEW HERBERT'S REPORT FROM THE BESIEGED<br />
CITY (1983)<br />
• Karol Jaroszewski (University of Gdańsk)<br />
THE GREATEST NIGHTMARE OF THE 20 TH CENTURY REVISITED
9.45‒10.30<br />
9. J.M. COETZEE’S LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K: FROM LITERATURE TO CINEMA<br />
Bartosz Lutostański (University of Gdańsk)<br />
BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW YOUR STORY. ON FOCALISATION IN LIFE AND<br />
TIMES OF MICHAEL K BY J.M. COETZEE<br />
Hermann Wittenberg (University of the Western Cape)<br />
CINEMATIC MODES IN J.M. COETZEE AND THE MAKING OF LIFE AND TIMES OF<br />
MICHAEL K<br />
10.30–10.45 COFFEE BREAK<br />
10.45–12.15<br />
10. KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:<br />
12.15–13.00 LUNCH<br />
13.00–16.00<br />
David Kennedy (University of Hull)<br />
1983 AND ALL THAT: BRITISH POETRY AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF HISTORY<br />
John Bowen (University of York)<br />
JOHN BERGER AND THE ECONOMY OF SEDUCTION<br />
11. SEMINAR THREE: J.M. COETZEE. DEAD ENDS AND BEYOND<br />
Chair: Ludmila Gruszewska Blaim (University of Gdańsk)<br />
DEAD ENDS IN J.M. COETZEE’S FICTIONS<br />
Robert Kusek (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)<br />
THIRTY YEARS AFTER... THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS BY J. M. COETZEE<br />
Derek Attridge (University of York)<br />
ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION