Transformations of Narrative Call for Papers Deadline Extended
Call for Papers:We are pleased to announce that the deadline for papers for the forthcoming Pinter Centre conference 'Transformations of Narrative' has been extended. We will now be accepting proposals up to August 30th.
Speakers confirmed now include Earl Lovelace, in conversation and reading from his work. And Professor Femi Osofisan who will be giving a keynote speech as well as presenting work.
Proposals for papers are being accepted along the following themes:
Conference title: 'Transformations of Narrative in the Postcolonia Era'
* Is fracturing central to postcolonial narrativity?
* How has the use of non-western forms transformed aesthetics in
postcolonial writing and performance?
* Locations, Dislocations & Postcolonialisms
* Are diasporic identities the same as fractured identities?
* Narrative hybridity & heteroglossia in the global world
* Transformations of narrative in new technology
* Contesting the post- in Postcolonial [writing and performance? BP]
* Intersections of diasporas and diasporic writing
* First nation/Indigenous writing and performance and the Transformation
of narrative
* Postcolonial/postmodernism revisited
This will be the second in a series of three international
conferences produced by the Pinter Centre as part of our AHRC-funded
research project entitled
'Beyond the Linear Narrative: Fractured Narratives in Diasporic Writing and Performance in the Postcolonial Era'
Through performed papers, academic papers and workshops, the goal of the conference will be to address the central question:
'Is fracturing central to postcolonial narrativity?'
Proposals for performed and academic papers welcome.
All proposals and enquiries to be sent to b.pester@gold.ac.uk