When: |
21 Oct through 22 Oct 2023 | |
CFP Deadline: |
16 |
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Where: |
Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom | |
Website URL: |
https://pirandello-studies.lcir.co.uk | |
Sponsoring organization: |
Society for Pirandello Studies Annual Conference in collaboration with London Centre for Interdi | |
Categories: |
Arts & Humanities - Art History |
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Event description:
The annual two-day conference of the Society for Pirandello Studies aims to embrace a wide variety of methods and approaches to Pirandello's œuvre, and to bring together theatre professionals, critics and scholars representing a range of disciplines. Both in-person and online/from-home 20-minute papers are welcome. This year's conference sheds light on Pirandello's awareness of colonialist/nationalist hegemony and its relation to more recent practices of (fiction/theatre) storytelling. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Pirandello's work critiquing war and fascism despite his formal membership to the latter;
Pirandello's theatrical and literary representation of national and ethnic identity/-ties;
Pirandello's uncovering of colonial discourse & hegemony at play in the north/south and mainland/island (Sicily) cultural narratives;
Pirandello's metafiction: narratology, theory and practice;
Pirandello's influence on later theories of metafiction;
Metafiction and ne...
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