TheEnglish department at the Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities inKef (ISEAHK) organizes a conference on:
Space and Time in languages and literatures
25-26November 2010
Space and time, their conceptualization and the relationship between thetwo, have intrigued literature and linguistics for a long time. The objectiveof this conference is to bring together presentations which deal with theexpression of space and/or time in languages and literatures. The conferenceaims at exploring the issues of space, time and their interrelation from alinguistic and a literary perspective.
With Time and Space in Languages, we aim to investigate issues relatedto the expression of time and space in natural languages. The topics couldinclude, but are not restricted to, the following themes:
-Typology with respect to the expression of spatialinformation in languages around the world,
-Space asexpressed and conceptualized in verbs of fictive motion,
-Comparing the use of time and space in unrelatedlanguages,
- Prepositional semantics,
-"Language universality" versus"language variability" in the expressions and the conceptualizationsof space and time.
Space and Time in Literatures aims at bringing together presentations dealing with literary topics.
Indeed, the expression of time and space in literatureexceeds the simple notion of physical setting to take on psychological, social,spiritual, existential and transcendental dimensions. Novelists, playwrightsand poets often make use of the symbolical dimension inherent in concepts ofspace and time to verbalize personalized issues of existence in the universe.Topics could include, but are not restricted to, the following themes:
-Space and time in Modernist and Postmodernistliterature,
-Space and time in Existentialist literature andliterature of the Absurd,
-Expression of Feminism, femininity and gender throughparticular representations of space and time, -Space and time as an expressionof individuality, nationality or humanity,
-Psychological, social and existential entrapment asconveyed through representations of space and time in literature.
For those interested in this conference, please send an abstract (amaximum of 300 words) and biographical information (name, affiliation, e-mail)to the contact person: sondeshamdi@yahoo.fr
The deadline for abstract submission is the 15th of June 2010.
The conference will be held on the 25thand the 26th of November 2010 at the Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities (I.S.E.A.H)in Kef- Tunisia.