Workshop Reading Multilingual Literature from Eastern Europe

How do we read novels translingually? What strategies and literary techniques characterise multilingual literary texts? How does multilingual literature (re-)shape the canon? What metaphors do bilingual authors use to conceptualise multilingualism?

At this workshop, we will discuss multilingual writing from Eastern Europe from different theoretical and historical perspectives.

Time and place: Dec. 4, 2023 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Sophus Bugges hus, seminar room 2 & 3

Program

9:00-12:00 Damjan Božinović - PhD Midway seminar

Location: Sophus Bugges hus, seminar room 2 (130)

Participants: Damjan Božinović, PhD candidate, Vladimir Zorić, University of Nottingham (external reader), Julie Hansen, Uppsala University (co-supervisor), Stijn Vervaet, University of Oslo (supervisor)

Note: if you would like to attend, please send an email to Damjan Božinović, damjan.bozinovic@ilos.uio.no

12:00-13:00 Lunch (for participants only)

13:00-15:00 Roundtable "Reading Multilingual Literature from Eastern Europe"

Location: Sophus Bugges hus, seminar room 2 (130)

Program:

Julie Hansen: Reading Novels Translingually: Theoretical Considerations

Damjan Božinović: Multilingualism in Post-Yugoslav Literature: Aleksandar Hemon's The World and All That It Holds

Vladimir Zorić: Metaphor and Friendship: Tropology of Translinguality in post-Yugoslav Poetry

Stijn Vervaet: Post-Imperial Translation Zones: Multilingual Writing Strategies in Central European Minority Literature

16:15-18:00 Lecture Julie Hansen: Code-switching and language-mixing in Russian literature: Two examples from the 19^th and 21^st centuries

Location: Sophus Bugges hus, seminar room 3

Organizer

Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Central Europe and the Balkans

Tags: Central Europe, Literature, Multilingualism, Translation Studies, Translingval litteratur, Russian literature, (post-)Yugoslav Literature

Published Nov. 21, 2023 12:56 PM - Last modified Nov. 21, 2023 9:42 PM