Språkvetenskapliga fakulteten, LILAe

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Organizer: Uffe Holmsgaard Eriksen uffe_holmsgaard.eriksen@lingfil.uu.se The idea behind this workshop is to bring together young scholars working on different approaches to the novel – from Antiquity to Modernity. Simona Zetterberg Gjerlevsen has recently argued (in “A Novel History of Fictionality”, Narrative 2016) that the rise of the (modern) novel in the eighteenth century is closely linked with experiments in the use of fictionality. She understands fictionality as an intended and signalled use of invention in communication. What does this claim entail for narratives written before the rise of the modern novel, e.g. the Greco-Roman novels, the Byzantine novels or French romance from the medieval period? Do we see similar experiments with fictionality in these pre-modern texts? After the workshop, we continue with a screening of the movie Ondřej Cikán’s movie Menandros and Thaïs, which is an adaptation of his novel with same title. The story is inspired by the Greek novels. Cikán will do a short presentation of the movie Program 13.15-13.55 Claire Rachel Jackson (Cambridge University) “Fictional Histories and Histories of Fiction in the Ancient Novel” 13.55-14.35 Aglae Pizzone (University of Southern Denmark) “Content or Form? Fictionality and the novel in ancient and Byzantine times” 14.35-15.15 Ellen Söderblom Saarela (Linköping University) “Partonopeu de Blois, a fusion of novel traditions” 15.15-15.30 Coffee 15.30-16.10 Karin Kukkonen (University of Oslo) “Fictionality and Plot in Wieland's Don Sylvio von Rosalva (1764)” 16.10-16.50 Simona Zetterberg Gjerlevsen (Aarhus University) “Early Danish Fiction Providing a New Perspective on the Novel” 16.50-17.30 End discussion 17.30-18.00 Light dinner with sandwiches 18.15-21.00 Menandros and Thaïs. Screening of the movie, introduced by the author and director Ondřej Cikán. Slottsbiografen, Nedre Slottsgatan 6B, 753 09 Uppsala. 21.00 Tapas and drinks