CFP: Fiction and Narrative across Media
Submission deadline: August 24, 2022
Conference date(s):
September 29, 2022 - September 30, 2022
Conference Venue:
Linguistics, Philosophy, University of Groningen
Groningen,
Netherlands
Topic areas
Details
Workshop on Fiction and Narrative across Media to mark the end of the NWO Vidi project The Language of Fiction and Imagination. It will take place in Groningen, September 29-30, 2022.
Theme
Topics of interest include any philosophical and linguistic topics related to fiction (fictional truth/reference, imagination, pretense, fiction-making speech acts, etc) or narrative (unreliable narration, coherence, perspective, attributing mental states, etc), and with a special focus on how these categories interact with differences of modality/media (signed, spoken, written, pictorial, movies, videogames).
Invited speakers
List under construction, check out the conference website: https://sites.google.com/rug.nl/fiction2022/ (will be updated).
Participation
Participation is free. To register, fill in a short form on the website by September 20, 2022.
In addition, we're reserving some space in the program for short pitches (5-10 minutes, tbd) and/or posters so (junior) researchers interested in participating have the option to present research related to the workshop themes. If you're interested, submit a short (max 1 page) abstract through the form on the website.. We'll make a quick selection (without anonymous peer review). Deadline for submitting your short abstract is August 24 (midnight). Notification of acceptance before August 30.