Abstract

This workshop zooms in on the interconnections between ideology and form. It assumes that since form is an important medium of meaning, formal considerations and ideological purposes intertwine in narrative arrangements. The workshop investigates manifestations of this interface in different Anglophone traditions (such as Jamaican literature, British plays, American films, and Indian-English novels).

THURSDAY March 26

• 09:30-9:45 Welcome by Morten Kyndrup, AIAS Director and Introduction by Jan Alber, AIAS Fellow
• 09:45-10:45 Jana Gohrisch (Hannover): Ideological Tension and Formal Experiment in Vic Reid's New Day (1949)
• 10:45-11:15 Coffee break
• 11:15-12:15 Merle Tönnies (Paderborn): The Renewal of British Political Theatre in the Twenty-First Century: The Form of the 'Absurdist Dystopia' as a Case Study
• 12:15-13:45 Lunch break
• 13:45-15:00 Stefan Iversen and Henrik Skov Nielsen (Aarhus): The Appeals of Transgression: The Act of Killing and The Ambassador
• 15:00-15:30 Coffee break
• 15:30-16:30 Roy Sommer (Wuppertal): Share! Jaron Lanier, Dave Eggers and the Future of Human Relations
• 16:30-17:30 David Punter (Bristol): Arachnographia: On Spidery Writing

FRIDAY March 27

• 09:30-10:30 Jan Alber (Aarhus): A "Journey into Newness": The Ideology of Form in Rushdie's Midnight's Children
• 10:30-11:00 Tabish Khair (Aarhus): Postcolonialism and Magic Realism: History, Form and Ideology
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
• 11:30-12:00 Results and Final Discussion

Participation 

The workshop is open to all and registration is not necessary. Coffee and tea will be served during the breaks.