Migrant Literatures and Translation / Realism Reconsidered, 2014

This conference, organized from 18 until 20 June 2014 at the University of Aix-Marseille, was to a large extent focused on a major CHLEL project on Migrant Literatures and Translation.

Another CHLEL project, on Realism Reconsidered, was presented by a separate panel on June 18th.

Papers presented:

  • Steven Sondrup, Brigham Young University: Herta Müller and the Subversion of Realism
  • Steen Bille Jørgensen, Department of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus University, Denmark: Realismes déformés? Poétiques du roman et ironie
  • Jasmina Lukic, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University (CEU), Budapest: Engendering Realism: Intersectional Perspectives
  • Marcel Cornis-Pope, President of the Coordinating Committee of ICLA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA: Boundary and Genre Transgressions in the Development of the Realist Novel