FHIS Graduate Student Conference 2011:

THE

 

LABYRINTHS

September 30th- October 1st, 2011

6371 Crescent Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Thea Koerner House Graduate Center

Conference Program

Friday, September 30^th

Conference Check-In & On-Site Registration- Friday Breakfast and coffee service September 30th, 8:45 am-9:45 am

9:45 am- 10:00 am: CONFERENCE WELCOME BY DR. ANDRÉ LAMONTAGNE,
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Room: Leon’s Lounge	Room: Thea’s Lounge
September 30th, 10:00 -11:30am	September 30th, 10:00 -11:30am
La escritura en el laberinto	Le labyrinthe théâtral
Chair: Dr. Oscar Cabezas Villalobos Presenters:

René Bautista. University of British Columbia. “A mystic transgression: San Juan de la Cruz’s poetic labyrinth; dissolutions of the limits of gender through knowledge.”

Francis Watlington-Moreno. The University of Texas at Austin. “El doblez siniestro de la erudición: el neobarroco alucinante de Enrique Labrador Ruiz en El laberinto de sí mismo”.

Olga Albarrán, University of British Columbia. “Cholula como laberinto en Cambio de piel de Carlos Fuentes”.Chair: Dr. Ralph Sarkonak
Presenters:

Katie Mullen, University of California, Los Angeles. ”Endless engagements: the labyrinthian ‘deal’ in Bernard Marie-Koltès’ Dans la solitude des champs de coton”.

Daryna Strilets, Collège Universitaire Glendon. ”La Conquête de Mexico d’Yves Sioui Durand: un acte théâtral à la recherche d’une architecture fractale de l’intemporel”.

Niall Mann, University of British Columbia. ”À la recherché du non-temps dans En attendant Godot de Beckett’‘.

Coffee break (11:30 am– 12:00pm)

September 30^th, 12:00pm-1:30amSeptember 30^th, 12:00pm-1:30amLaberintos interioresFigures et motifs labyrinthiques
Partie IChair: Dr. Brianne Orr
Presenters:

 

Ximena Berecochea, University of Toronto. “Visualidad como ancla: Las pistas luminosas de Edward Hopper en La penumbra inconveniente de Mauricio Montiel.”

Monika Edinger, University of British Columbia. “Narciso y Eco: divagaciones de la mirada y de la voz.”

Elisa T. Di Biase, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. “The Man in Tweedby Mauricio Montiel Figueiras, a three level labyrinth.”Chair: Dr. Gloria Onyeoziri
Presenters:

Anna Brousseau, Carleton University. ”Le monstre qui règne la mémoire dans Un alligator nommé Rosa”.

Brittany Glenn, University of British Columbia. “A Sentient History: Sensory Memory in Le Livre d’Emma“.

Lunch Break: 1:30 PM- 2:30 PM

Keynote Address

September 30^th , 2:30 pm- 3:30 pm

Chair: Dr. Rita De Grandis. University of British Columbia.

Keynote: Teresa Heffernan. Title: “Losing the Thread: Modernity, Cosmopolitanism, and the Levant”

Coffee break (3:30 pm– 3:45pm)

September 30^th, 3:45 pm -5:15 pmSeptember 30^th, 3:45 pm -5:15 pmEl tiempo laberínticoFigures et motifs labyrinthiques
Partie IIChair: Dr. Rita De Grandis
Presenters:

 

Ximena Osegueda, University of British Columbia. “De la Cruz del Monte a la Santa Cruz: Explorando el laberinto de las cruces.”

Rubria Rocha de Luna, Washington State University. “El laberinto de la corrupción mexicana en Lo de antes de Luis Spota.”

Jorge Izquierdo, University of British Columbia. “Manifiestos de la vanguardia latinoamericana en la literatura de hoy: El caso de Roberto Bolaño”.Chair: Dr. Nancy Frelick
Presenters:

Laurence Dahan-Gaida, Université de Franche-Comté. ”Géographies fractales du labyrinthe : la Pampa de Cesar Aira”.

Ibrahima Diouf, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). ”Le roman politique afro-caribéen ou quand le rythme entretient la métaphore labyrinthique de la condition humaine”.

Margherita Romengo, University of British Columbia. ”L’Heptaméron de Marguerite de Navarre: une polyphonie labyrinthique”.

 

Saturday, October 1^st

^{Conference Check-In & On-Site Registration- Saturday}

^{Breakfast and coffee service}

^{October 1st, 8:30 am-9:30 am}

 

October 1^st, 9:30 -11:00 amOctober 1^st, 9:30 -11:00amEl viaje por el LaberintoEspaces du labyrintheChair: Dr. Raúl Alvarez Moreno
Presenters:

 

Christina McCoy, The University of Texas at Austin. “Traveling Through Time and Space: Saramago, Cervantes and the Chivalric Tradition.”

Maritza Montaño González, University of British Columbia. “La expedición de Pizarro y Orellana en El país de la canela: Nuevo viaje en el río de la colonialidad.”

Susa Oñate, University of British Columbia.“A Labyrinth Of Gazes, Or The Fraternity Of Metaphors.”Chair: Dr. Joel Castonguay-Bélanger
Presenters:

Ritu Bhatnagar, University of Toronto. “La Princesse de Clèves: une lettre et un labyrinthe”.

Chiara Falangola, University of British Columbia. ”Figures d’un roman-labyrinthe: la cavatina et la spirale selon Renaud Camus”.

Melanie Bennette, University of British Columbia. “Once She Came to Stay There Was No Exit: Subverting the Heteronormative Binary”.

Coffee break (11:00 am– 11:30 am)

October 1^st, 11:30am -1:30pmOctober 1^st, 11:30am -1:30pmLaberintos simbólicosPassages et labyrinthesChair: Dr. María Soledad Fernández Utrera
Presenters:

 

Olga L. Borges, University of British Columbia. “La parodia postmoderna en el cuento ‘La vida pasa’ (1987) de Paloma Díaz-Mas”.

Sara Barnard. University of British Columbia. “Juego límpio by María Teresa León’: Singing about the dark times”.

Ignacio Sáenz del Castillo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. “El laberinto es un símbolo sexual femenino.” Videoconferencia.Chair: Dr. Farid Laroussi
Presenters:

Deborah Moniuk, University of British Columbia. ”Étude de cas : deux traductions anglaises d’un extrait de Germinal par Émile Zola”.

Farah Leplat, Uiversity of British Columbia. ”Le thème de la mort dans “Bruges-la-morte” de
Georges Rodenbach ”.

Luc Fotsing Fondjo, University of British Columbia. ”La transculturalité de Cinémade Tierno Monenembo”.

Lunch Break: 1:30 PM- 2:30 PM

End of conference