Call For Papers
XVIII Forum for Iberian Studies
Fictitious Realities, Real Fictions
June 20-21, 2018, University of Oxford
We are inviting abstracts for the upcoming symposium entitled ‘Fictitious realities, real fictions’ to be held at the University of Oxford on 20 and 21 June 2018. Please find attached the Call for Papers in all languages of the event. The XVIII Forum for Iberian Studies at the University of Oxford aims to foster a discussion concerning the communicative relationship between reality and fiction in the cultural productions of the Iberian Peninsula across time, from the era of medieval chronicles to the digital age. Among the topics submissions might address are:
Historic perspective in literature and fictions of reality, from the Middle Ages to the present
Post-Truth: counterfeit realities and emotional lies
Metafiction and self-referential techniques
Fictitious creators and virtual identities; literary jokes and deceptions
The relationship and conflict between history and memory
Multimodality and the representation of reality
Stereotypes, clichés, and myths in the Iberian Peninsula throughout history
Censorship, ideology, propaganda, and fake news
Depictions of America in the Iberian Peninsula
Documentary films and fake documentaries (mockumentaries)
Biographical, autobiographical, and non-fiction comics
Utopias, dystopias, and speculative fiction
Sessions at the conference will be held in Basque, Catalan, English, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish.
Abstracts should be sent to the organisers (fisox18@gmail.com) by the 1st of April 2018. http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/FIS/