[Discussion] International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural Identity

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*International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural Identity
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The primary focus of this conference is to explore the power of=20
storytelling in the recuperation of memory, collective identity=20
formation, and the presence of oral traditions in literature and the=20
sister arts. All forms of storytelling narrative (oral and written),=20
performative, cinematic, musical, and hybrid as well as methodologies=20
(literary, linguistic, sociological, political, anthropological, etc.)=20
will be considered as long as they relate to the themes explicit and=20
implicit in the title of this conference. Papers may be presented in any=20
of the following languages: Portuguese, Castilian, English, and French.

    * Children=92s Stories
    * Narrative and Linguistics
    * Narrative and Myth
    * Narrative and Visual/Performing Arts and Music
    * Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle
    * Postmodern and Postcolonial Narratives
    * Relationships of Oral and Written Narratives
    * Story, Dialogue and Discourse
    * Storytelling in Vitorino Nem=E9sio
    * Testimonial Narrative (Autobiography/Biography)
    * Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Poetical Performanc=
e
    * Theories and Strategies of Oral Narratives
    * Other Suggestions

Dr. Irene Blayer
Modern Languages
BROCK UNIVERSITY
St. Catharines ONTARIO, CANADA L2S 3A1

OR

Dr. Francisco Fagundes
Dept. Of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
AMHERST 01003 USA

Email: ics@www.brocku.ca <mailto:ics@www.brocku.ca>
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