CONFERENCE
April 19 to 21
Autofiction
Literature in France Today
Organized by Tom Bishop and Camille Laurens
AUTOFICTION, combining two apparently contradictory concerns, autobiography and fiction, is the most important mode of writing in contemporary French literature. Serge Doubrovsky, who coined the term, has described autofiction as combining entirely real content and entirely fictional form. Using their real names, authors insert themselves into their own fictions in a search for self. Following its French beginnings, Autofiction has made headway in many other countries, notably in the U.S.
LOCATION:
Hemmerdinger Hall Ground floor, Silver Center
100 Washington Square East (enter on Waverly Place)
Presentations in English
Brief readings by authors in French and in English
Go to www.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise for details
This conference is made possible by the generous major support of the Florence Gould Foundation with additional support from Open Skies, The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and the NYU Humanities Initiative.
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