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Books, Texts and Readers in French and Italian Studies

Books, Texts and Readers in French and Italian Studies

Publié le par Alexandre Gefen (Source : Nabil Khawla et Matteo Soranzo)

Books, Texts and Readers in French and Italian Studies

March 23-24, 2007
University of Wisconsin, Madison


Writing and reading texts on stone, wood, parchment, paper and electronic interfaces as well as transposing them in visual arts and film are practices that cut across the history of French, Francophone and Italian Literature. These practices can be intended in their material side (e.g. the way the material support of a text is designed, crafted, used) and in their discursive side (e.g. the way a text integrates the design, craft and use of its material support). The material and discursive aspects of writing and reading can enforce or subvert within the same inscription, manuscript, book, journal, newspaper and film. Further, they can be represented, parodied, challenged and ridiculed in textual and visual representations. Therefore, the study of these practices extends across the boundaries of disciplines such as philology, bibliography, art history and textual criticism, and sets out the terms for a dialogue, the goal of which is to rethink the approach to the literary objects we investigate.


We welcome papers related to the topic of books, texts and readers. We recommend that Symposium presentations be in English, twenty minutes in length, and they may address a topic from any period or discipline. Please submit the 250-350 word abstract by e-mail attachment no later than January 31st, 2007 to Nabil Khawla and Matteo Soranzo, symposium co-chairs, at gafis_symposium2007@yahoo.com. To download the abstract submission form and for more information regarding the symposium, please visit our website: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/nmkhawla/Gafis2007/index.html.