Literary Theories

9-11 May

Thomas Claviez, Associate Professor for Literary Theory, University of Bern

Viola Marchi, Assistant, University of Bern

Ryan Kopaitich, Assistant, University of Bern

Claire Colebrook, Pennsylvania State University, specialist on Deleuze and literature

Tim Morton, Professor and Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University

Respondent: Philipp Schweighauser, Assistant Professor and Head of American and General Literatures, University of Basel

Although its swan song has been repeatedly sung in recent years, a sound knowledge of literary theory and its possible applications have become indispensable. This theory workshop – initiated also on demand of Swiss Ph.D students – is planned as a first event in a series designed to familiarize students with central approaches and theoretical areas. The speakers invited have a wide-reaching portfolio, and are renowned for making theory the practical base of reading and interpreting texts in new, exciting ways. Our aim is to foster doctoral researchers’ understanding of theory and its practical application and to help them make use of these theories in their own work. The invited specialists will introduce the works of Deleuze and Ecocriticism.

Schloss und Seminarcenter Münchenwiler, Murten, canton de Berne

PhD students will be asked to contribute 25 francs for this residential workshop.

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